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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2023

Teresa Baron
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University of Nottingham
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This book delves into the four concepts of parenthood – social, biological, legal, and moral – at play in our understandings of parental rights and obligations, reproductive ethics, governance of parenthood, and ontologies of kinship. Our view of what it means to be a parent in any given context is shaped by all of these concepts, which are themselves subject to the influence of changing expectations, as new technologies are produced, cultural views of the family are transformed, and laws shift in response. These changes give rise to questions: who has the right to raise a child? What do we owe our children? Who should the law recognise as a parent, and what is the meaning of that recognition? Many of these questions are not questions about some independent notion of ‘parenthood’ but about the relationships between different concepts of parenthood. In doing so, I highlight newer but no less important questions for philosophical attention, including the scope of rights to become a biological parent (or to avoid that state), the impact of gendered norms on the social role of ‘parent’, and the legal difference between having a child and acquiring one.

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The Philosopher's Guide to Parenthood
Storks, Surrogates, and Stereotypes
, pp. 190 - 191
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Conclusion
  • Teresa Baron, University of Nottingham
  • Book: The Philosopher's Guide to Parenthood
  • Online publication: 15 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009299206.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Teresa Baron, University of Nottingham
  • Book: The Philosopher's Guide to Parenthood
  • Online publication: 15 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009299206.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Teresa Baron, University of Nottingham
  • Book: The Philosopher's Guide to Parenthood
  • Online publication: 15 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009299206.007
Available formats
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