Moral parenthood
Not gestational
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21514512 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Lange (0000-0002-5809-8704, Munich Center for Machine Learning, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 87-91 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medical Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6800 • E-ISSN: 1473-4257 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/jme-2024-109904 |
| PMID | 39033012 |
| OpenAlex | W4400892274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 14 |
Parenting our biological children is a centrally important matter, but how, if it all, can it be justified? According to a contemporary influential line of thinking, the acquisition by parents of a moral right to parent their biological children should be grounded by appeal to the value of the intimate emotional relationship that gestation facilitates between a newborn and a gestational procreator. I evaluate two arguments in defence of this proposal and argue that both are unconvincing
Appeal · Biology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Gestation · Political science · Pregnancy · Computer Science · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
How ectogestation can impact the gestational versus moral parenthood debate
Moral parenthood and gestation
In vitro fertilisation mix-ups and contested parenthood
Gestation most certainly matters, but it need not involve an ‘emotional relationship’
Acknowledging the dual-interest gestationalist approach
If not a right to children because of gestation, then not a duty towards them either
Surrogacy and the Moral Significance of Gestation
The Mental Health of US Adolescents Adopted in Infancy
The Obligations and Responsibilities of Parenthood
A Project View of the Right to Parent
The Best Available Parent
The Right to Parent One's Biological Baby
A longitudinal study of families formed through reproductive donation
Procreative-parenting, love's reasons and the demands of morality
| Citations per year | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |