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This book examines, through a multi-disciplinary lens, the possibilities offered by relationships and family forms that challenge the nuclear family ideal, and some of the arguments that recommend or disqualify these as legitimate units in our societies. That children should be conceived naturally, born to and raised by their two young, heterosexual, married to each other, genetic parents; that this relationship between parents is also the ideal relationship between romantic or sexual partners; and that romance and sexual intimacy ought to be at the core of our closest personal relationships -

Domestic relations. --- Sexual freedom. --- Sexual partnership. --- Sexual rights. --- Families --- Sexual minorities' families --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Family & Marriage --- Families. --- Sexual minorities' families. --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Social institutions. --- Institutions, Social --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Social systems --- Sociology --- Social structure --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy

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EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. We tend to hold people responsible for their choices, but not for what they can't control: their nature, genes or biological makeup. This thought-provoking collection redefines the boundaries of moral responsibility. It shows how epigenetics reveals connections between our genetic make-up and our environment. The essays challenge established notions of human nature and the nature/nurture divide and suggest a shift in focus from individual to collective responsibility. Uncovering the links between our genetic makeup, environment and experiences, this is an important contribution to ongoing debates on ethics, genetics and responsibility.

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