The worth of a child /
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 o...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1996.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=4658 |
Table des matières:
- Why do adults have children?
- Families, the marketplace, and values: new ways of making babies
- Adoption and the meanings of parenthood
- Research on children and the scope of responsible parenthood
- Moral obligations to the not-yet-born child
- Prenatal testing and the quest for the perfect child
- Abortion and the place of motherhood.