Moral Issues in Parenting

GETTING STARTED: SPERM DONATION
The Moral Complexity of Sperm Donation
Rivka Weinberg

WHAT IS A FAMILY?
Artificial Means of Reproduction and Our Understanding of the Family
Ruth Macklin

WHY HAVE CHILDREN?
The Speech of Diotima
Plato

Friendship
Aristotle

Why Have Children?
G. E. M. Anscombe

ARE THERE PRENATAL RIGHTS?
Moral Obligations to the Not-Yet-Born Child
Thomas H. Murray

The Family
Alan Donagan

The Moral Permissibility of Abortion
Margaret Olivia Little

WHEN IS ABORTION MORAL?
Why Abortion Is Immoral
Don Marquis

Responsible Women and Abortion Decisions
Martha Brandt Bolton

WHAT IS THE MORALITY OF DIVORCE IN FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN?
Divorce
Bertrand Russell

Children and the Ethics of Divorce
Laurence D. Houtgate

ARE ABUSE AND NEGLECT CULTURALLY RELATIVE?
She’s 13, He’s 20: Is It Love or Abuse?
Matt Lait and Lee Romney

Culture as Justification, Not Excuse
Elaine M. Chiu

Judging Other Cultures
Martha Nussbaum

Hands Off Clitoridectomy
Yael Tamir

SHOULD YOU RAISE YOUR CHILD FOR AN OPEN FUTURE?
The Case for Gay Marriage
Richard D. Mohr

The Child’s Right to an Open Future
Joel Feinberg

ARE THERE FAMILY DUTIES TO CARE FOR ELDERLY PARENTS?
Letting Go of My Father
Jonathan Rauch

HOW SHOULD WE LIVE?
Moral Saints
Susan Wolf

What Makes a Life Significant
William James