Why Have Children?: The Ethical Debate

Contents

Contents Series Foreword ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Reproductive Freedom, Autonomy, and Reproductive Rights 19 3 When Prospective Parents Disagree 35 4 Deontological Reasons for Having Children 57 5 Consequentialist Reasons for Having Children 71 6 Not “Better Never to Have Been” 95 7 An Obligation Not to Procreate? 117 8 Illness, Impairment, and the Procreation Decision 149 9 Overpopulation and Extinction 173 10 Procreation, Values, and Identity 203 Notes 221 References 237 Index 247 ...