Biological Parenthood: Gestational,Not Genetic |
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Authors: | Anca Gheaus |
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Affiliation: | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
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Abstract: | Common-sense morality and legislations around the world ascribe normative relevance to biological connections between parents and children. Procreators who meet a modest standard of parental competence are believed to have a right to rear the children whom they brought into the world. I explore various attempts to justify this belief, and find most of these attempts lacking. I distinguish between two kinds of biological connection between parents and children: the genetic link and the gestational link. I argue that the second can better justify a right to rear. |
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Keywords: | procreation gestation genetics right to parent children's rights |
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