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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Benatar, David
Wasserman, David T. (1953-....)
Titre(s) : Debating procreation [Texte imprimé] : is it wrong to reproduce? / David Benatar, David Wasserman
Publication : Oxford (GB) : Oxford university press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VI-269 p.) ; 23 cm
Collection : Debating ethics
Lien à la collection : Debating ethics
Comprend : Introducing anti-natalism ; The asymmetry argument ; The quality of life argument
; The misanthropic argument ; Contra procreation ; Better to have lived and lost?
; Against anti-natalism ; The good of the future child and the parent-child relationship
as goals of procreation ; Impersonal constraints on procreation ; Alternatives to
impersonal approaches: birthrights and role-based duties.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
While procreation is ubiquitous, attention to the ethical issues involved in creating
children is relatively rare. In Debating Procreation, David Benatar and David Wasserman
take opposing views on this important question. David Benatar argues for the anti-natalist
view that it is always wrong to bring new people into existence. He argues that coming
into existence is always a serious harm and that even if it were not always so, the
risk of serious harm is sufficiently great to make procreation wrong. In addition
to these "philanthropic" arguments, he advances the "misanthropic" one that because
humans are so defective and cause vast amounts of harm, it is wrong to create more
of them. David Wasserman defends procreation against the anti-natalist challenge.
He outlines a variety of moderate pro-natalist positions, which all see procreation
as often permissible but never required. After criticizing the main anti-natalist
arguments, he reviews those pronatalist positions. He argues that constraints on procreation
are best understood in terms of the role morality of prospective parents, considers
different views of that role morality, and argues for one that imposes only limited
constraints based on the well-being of the future child. He then argues that the expected
good of a future child and of the parent-child relationship can provide a strong justification
for procreation in the face of expected adversities without giving individuals any
moral reason to procreate
Sujet(s) : Reproduction humaine -- Aspect moral
Vie -- Philosophie
Régulation des naissances -- Aspect moral
Indice(s) Dewey :
176 (23e éd.) = Morale sexuelle et morale de la reproduction
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199333554. - ISBN 0199333556 (rel.). - ISBN 9780199333547. - ISBN 0199333548
(br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44379738s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44379738
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