How Many Parents Can a Child Have? Philosophical Reflections on the 'Three Parent Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3889548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha Brennan (0000-0001-9782-2753, Western University), Bill Cameron (Film Independent) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-61 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217314000705 |
| OpenAlex | W2139125503 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
In light of recent legal decisions affording more than two parents to Canadian children, we consider whether there is any moral reason for limiting the number of parents a child can have to two. We look at several traditional arguments for this position and find that they fail to justify it. We also consider an argument inspired by Brighouse and Swift's work on the goods of parenting and find that while it brings up important points, it is not strong enough to support a limit of just two parents. We conclude with some thoughts about how else the notion of parenthood could be helpfully separated from traditional notions
Argument (complex analysis) · Economics · Epistemology · Limit (mathematics) · Limiting · Position (finance) · Sociology · Swift · Computer Science · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |