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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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"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 - all these elements converge towards the ideal of the nuclear family. The authors consider a range of relationship and family structures that depart from this ideal: polyamory and polygamy, single and polyparenting, parenting by gay and lesbian couples, as well as families created through current and prospective modes of assisted human reproduction such as surrogate motherhood, donor insemination, and reproductive cloning."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Nuclear family. --- Families. --- Family --- Families --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Social aspects --- Social conditions
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Age group sociology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Social policy --- Family law. Inheritance law --- Gynaecology. Obstetrics --- Family law --- Family --- Single mothers --- Children --- Non-monogamy --- Lesbian motherhood --- Government policy --- Polygamy --- Reproductive technology --- Book --- Donors --- Surrogate mothers --- United Kingdom --- United States of America
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Should parents aim to make their children as normal as possible to increase their chances to “fit in”? Are neurological and mental health conditions a part of children’s identity and if so, should parents aim to remove or treat these? Should they aim to instill self-control in their children? Should prospective parents take steps to insure that, of all the children they could have, they choose the ones with the best likely start in life? This volume explores all of these questions and more. Against the background of recent findings and expected advances in neuroscience and genetics, the extent and limits of parental responsibility are increasingly unclear. Awareness of the effects of parental choices on children’s wellbeing, as well as evolving norms about the moral status of children, have further increased expectations from (prospective) parents to take up and act on their changing responsibilities. The contributors discuss conceptual issues such as the meaning and sources of moral responsibility, normality, treatment, and identity. They also explore more practical issues such as how responsibility for children is practiced in Yoruba culture in Nigeria or how parents and health professionals in Belgium perceive the dilemmas generated by prenatal diagnosis.
Philosophy. --- Human genetics. --- Neurosciences. --- Ethics. --- Maternal and child health services. --- Pediatrics. --- Human Genetics. --- Maternal and Child Health. --- Parent and child (Law) --- Domestic relations --- Guardian and ward --- Paternity --- Maternal and infant welfare. --- Paediatrics --- Pediatric medicine --- Medicine --- Children --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Infant welfare --- Infants --- Maternity welfare --- Child welfare --- Mothers --- Women --- Maternal health services --- Genetics --- Heredity, Human --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Charities, protection, etc. --- Charities
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Should parents aim to make their children as normal as possible to increase their chances to “fit in”? Are neurological and mental health conditions a part of children’s identity and if so, should parents aim to remove or treat these? Should they aim to instill self-control in their children? Should prospective parents take steps to insure that, of all the children they could have, they choose the ones with the best likely start in life? This volume explores all of these questions and more. Against the background of recent findings and expected advances in neuroscience and genetics, the extent and limits of parental responsibility are increasingly unclear. Awareness of the effects of parental choices on children’s wellbeing, as well as evolving norms about the moral status of children, have further increased expectations from (prospective) parents to take up and act on their changing responsibilities. The contributors discuss conceptual issues such as the meaning and sources of moral responsibility, normality, treatment, and identity. They also explore more practical issues such as how responsibility for children is practiced in Yoruba culture in Nigeria or how parents and health professionals in Belgium perceive the dilemmas generated by prenatal diagnosis.
General ethics --- Sociology of social welfare --- Paediatrics --- Human genetics --- Neuropathology --- Gynaecology. Obstetrics --- neurologie --- medische genetica --- ethiek --- obstetrie --- genetica --- pediatrie --- ouders-kind relatie --- kraamzorg --- vroedkunde
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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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