Procreative Futures. Ethics and Politics of Human ‘Coming to the World’
edited by:
Federica Buongiorno
Matteo Galletti
deadline for submissions: 31st March 2024
From the birth of Louise Brown (1978) to today, biotechnology and the expansion of individual freedom and rights have brought about profound changes in the human reproduction scenario, altering the boundary between chance and choice, and questioning the moral relevance of the natural/artificial conceptual pair. Moreover, these processes fostered a redefinition of the meaning and construction of personal and social relationships and reproductive choices. On a philosophical level, rethinking of concepts such as 'family', 'parenthood', 'motherhood', 'person' and reflecting on the rights, duties and responsibilities of the actors involved have proved necessary.
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