One Child: Do We Have a Right to More? - Rilegato

Conly, Sarah

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ISBN 10: 0190203439 ISBN 13: 9780190203436

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2016

Riassunto

Sarah Conly argues that we do not have the right to have more than one child. If recent increases in global population continue, we will reduce the welfare of future generations to unacceptable levels. We do not have a right to impose on others in this way. While voluntary efforts to restrain population growth are preferable and may be enough, government regulations against having more than one child can be justified if they are necessary. Of course, government regulations have to be consistent with rights that we do hold, but Conly argues that since we do not have a right to have more than one child, government regulations are one of the methods we might use to reduce the fertility rate until we reach a sustainable population.

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Recensione:

This book is a highly valuable contribution to practical philosophy. It gets a hugely important topic on the table in a serious way without compromising readability. If you are looking for an engaging and provocative addition to your personal library, or for your ethics or political philosophy courses, I highly recommend this book. (Jason Marsh, Journal of Moral Philosophy)

A philosopher's nuanced, unapologetic proposal for a world in environmental crisis. (Karen Shook, Times Higher Education)

One Child is hard to resist. Conly starts from a well-developed empirical basis ― multiply-sourced news about the devastation we court, but which she deploys modestly. ... Lucid, engaging, and empirically saturated ... These discussions are wholly pertinent and quite well done (Jamie Lindemann, Philosophers' Magazine)

Sarah Conly's book tackles an urgent, under-discussed topic: Is having children an unlimited, personal right? Or is this view no longer tenable in an era of vast increases in human population? Professor Conly rejects unlimited procreation rights and defends a one child per family limit as a moral imperative and perhaps as a legal requirement. This very fine book is clearly written, thorough in its treatment of the issues, and very fair to the opposing views. (Stephen Nathanson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Northeastern University)

...this is a well-crafted book on a very important topic... It is probably laypersons and undergraduate students who will benefit the most from reading this book. (Peter Murphy, Metapsychology)

L'autore:

Sarah Conly is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bowdoin College and the author of Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism (2012).

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0190203439
• ISBN 13: 9780190203436
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 264