Creation Ethics
«a very good book that is sure to stimulate further discussion.»
David Benatar, MIND
The ethics of creating - or declining to create - human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on "self-creation"; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations. Les mer
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scientific understanding, argumentative rigor with accessibility. The overarching aim of Creation Ethics is to illuminate a broad array of issues connected with reproduction and genetics, through the lens of moral philosophy.
With novel frameworks for understanding prenatal moral status and human identity, and exceptional fairness to those holding different views, David DeGrazia sheds new light on the ethics of abortion and embryo research, genetic enhancement and prenatal genetic interventions, procreation and parenting, and decisions that affect the quality of life of future generations. Along the way, he helpfully introduces personal identity theory and value theory as well as such complex topics as moral status,
wrongful life, and the "nonidentity problem." The results include a subjective account of human well-being, a standard for responsible procreation and parenting, and a theoretical bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethical theories. The upshot is a synoptic, mostly liberal
vision of the ethics of creating human beings.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780190232443
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«a very good book that is sure to stimulate further discussion.»
David Benatar, MIND