
A Compelling Argument For The Morality Of Limitations On Procreation In Lessening The Harmful Environmental Effects Of Unchecked Population We Live In A World Where A Burgeoning Global Population Has Started To Have A Major And Destructive Environmental Impact. The Results, Including Climate Change And The Struggle For Limited Resources, Appear To Be Inevitable Aspects Of A Difficult Future. Mandatory Population Control Might Be A Possible Last Resort To Combat This Problem, But Is Also A Potentially Immoral And Undesirable Violation Of Human Rights. Since So Many View Procreation As An Essential Component Of The Right To Personal Happiness And Autonomy, The Dominant View Remains That The Government Does Not Have The Right To Impose These Restrictions On Its Own Citizens, For The Sake Of Future People Who Have Yet To Exist. Sarah Conly Is First To Make The Contentious Argument That Not Only Is It Wrong To Have More Than One Child In The Face Of Such Concerns, We Do Not Even Retain The Right To Do So. In One Child, Conly Argues That Autonomy And Personal Rights Are Not Unlimited, Especially If One's Body May Cause Harm To Anyone, And That The Government Has A Moral Obligation To Protect Both Current And Future Citizens. Conly Gives Readers A Thought-provoking And Accessible Exposure To The Problem Of Population Growth And Develops A Credible View Of What Our Moral Obligations Really Are, To Generations Present And Future.
Does the government possess a moral obligation to restrict human procreation to a single child to mitigate the catastrophic environmental impacts of overpopulation? Sarah Conly, a philosopher specializing in ethics, examines the tension between individual reproductive autonomy and the collective necessity of environmental preservation. She argues that the right to procreate is not absolute and that the state has a legitimate interest in limiting family size to prevent harm to future generations and the planet's resource base.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Critics and scholars frequently note that Conly presents a provocative and logically rigorous challenge to established liberal views on reproductive freedom. The text is often cited in academic discussions regarding environmental ethics and the limits of individual rights in the face of global crises.
Page Count:
288
Publication Date:
2015-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190203447
ISBN-13:
9780190203443
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