This volume contributes to the growing literature on the morality of procreation and parenting. About half of the chapters take up questions about the morality

Most people believe that parents have moral rights and responsibilities regarding their children. These rights and responsibilities undergird the nuclear family

Adult preconceptions about the mental life of children tend to discourage a child’s philosophical bent. By exposing the underpinnings of adult views of childh

What gives someone a moral right to parent? What role should the liberal state play in the creation of families? Are prospective parents allowed to create a chi

The family is hotly contested ideological terrain. Some defend the traditional two-parent heterosexual family while others welcome its demise. Opinions vary abo