Child versus Childmaker - Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics and the Law

Child Versus Childmaker investigates a "person-affecting" approach to ethical choice. A form of consequentialism, this approach is intended to capture the idea that agents ought both do the most good that they can and respect each person as distinct from each other. Focusing on cases in which a conflict of interest arises between "childmakers" parents, infertility specialists, embryologists, and others engaged in the task of bringing new people into existence and the children they aim to create, the author considers what we today owe those who will come into existence tomorrow.

About the author

Melinda A. Roberts has doctorates in both law and philosophy and is associate professor of philosophy at the College of New Jersey. She is the author of several articles on ethics and the law.

Summary

This volume investigates a "person-affecting" approach to ethical issues that arise in the context of human cloning, surrogate motherhood, wrongful life, and future generations. It focuses on the conflict between "childmakers" and the children themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Melinda A Roberts, Melinda A. Roberts, Roberts Melinda A.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.1998
• EAN: 9780847689002
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8900-2
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Series: Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy; Studies in Social, Political,; Studies in Social, Political,; Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, MEDICAL / Ethics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Bioethics, Age groups: children, Bio-ethics, Human rights, civil rights, Age groups: adolescents, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct