Family, Ancestry and Self: What is the Moral Significance of Biological Ties

In a series of recent papers David Velleman has argued that it is morally wrong to bring a child into existence with the intention that the child will not have contact with one or both biological parents. (Velleman, 2005, 2008) Put another way, “other things being equal, children should be raised...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haslanger, Sally
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64650