Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility
 
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ISBN13:9781350373631
ISBN10:135037363X
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:216 pages
Size:234x156 mm
Language:English
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Philosophy of the Family

Ethics, Identity and Responsibility
 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Number of Volumes: Paperback
 
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Almost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a 'family'? What is a 'family tie'? We use the general concept of 'family' in many contexts - in fiction, in talk shows, in law, in politics - and yet one person's family may be strikingly different from another's.

This introductory guide sets out to examine the multiple meanings of the family and related concepts. It explores the different roles played by these concepts in our attempts to understand who we are, where we belong, and what we owe to whom, and the relationships between individual, family, and society. Grounded in philosophy and ethics, the book also draws extensively from other disciplines such as law and sociology, discussing the concrete implications of these ideas for issues such as parental love, marriage and divorce, family autonomy, and assisted reproduction.
Table of Contents:
Introduction

1. Family Autonomy and its Limits
2. Parents, Love, and Duty
3. Dilemmas of Care
4. Identity, the Past, and the Future
5. The Meaning of Biology
6. Adoption, Surrogacy, and Assisted Reproduction
7. Family History and Fertility Fraud: A Case Study
8. Marriage and Commitment
9. Domestic Abuse

Closing remarks

Notes
Bibliography
Index