TY  - GEN
T1  - The worth of a child
A1  - Murray, Thomas H., 1946-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 1996
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm42330158
AB  - Thomas Murray's graceful and humane book illuminates one of the most morally complex areas of everyday life: the relationship between parents and children. What do children mean to their parents, and how far do parental obligations go? What, from the beginning of life to its end, is the worth of a child? Ethicist Murray leaves the rarefied air of abstract moral philosophy in order to reflect on the moral perplexities of ordinary life and ordinary people. Observing that abstract moral terms such as altruism and selfishness can be buried in the everyday doings of families, he maintains that ethical theory needs a richer description than it now has of the moral life of parents and children. How far should adults go in their quest for children? What options are available to women who do not want to bear a child now? Should couples be allowed to reject a child because of genetic disability or "wrong" gender? How can we weigh the competing claims of the genetic and the rearing parents to a particular child? The Worth of a Child couples impressive learning with a conversational style. Only by getting down to cases, Murray insists, can we reach moral conclusions that are unsentimental, farsighted, and just. In an era of intense public and private acrimony about the place and meaning of "family values," his practical wisdom about extraordinary difficult moral issues offers compelling reading for both experienced and prospective parents, as well as for ethicists, social and behavioral scientists, and legal theorists.
OP  - 207
CN  - HQ755.8 .M88 1996eb
SN  - 9780520915305
SN  - 0520915305
SN  - 058503401X
SN  - 9780585034010
SN  - 0520088360
KW  - Parenthood : Moral and ethical aspects.
KW  - Childbirth : Moral and ethical aspects.
KW  - Parent and child.
KW  - Children and adults.
KW  - Ethics.
KW  - Parents.
KW  - Parenting.
KW  - Child Welfare
KW  - Parents
KW  - Parent-Child Relations
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Condition de parents : Aspect moral.
KW  - Parents et enfants.
KW  - Enfants et adultes.
KW  - Morale.
KW  - Rôle parental.
KW  - ethics (philosophy)
KW  - broader terms.
KW  - parents.
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS : Abuse : Child Abuse.
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS : Adoption & Fostering.
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS : Parenting : Parent & Adult Child.
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS : Parenting : General.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
KW  - Childbirth : Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Children and adults
KW  - Parent and child
KW  - Parenthood : Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Family & Marriage.
KW  - Sociology & Social History.
KW  - Social Sciences.
ER  -