Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility

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Teresa Baron (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) Dr Christopher Cowley (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Philosophy of the Family

Ethics, Identity and Responsibility

Teresa Baron (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague), Dr Christopher Cowley (University College Dublin, Ireland)

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Bloomsbury Academic
21 March 2024

Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Family psychology; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Family law: children

Almost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a ‘family’? What is a ‘family tie’? We use the general concept of ‘family’ in many contexts – in fiction, in talk shows, in law, in politics – and yet one person's family may be strikingly different from another's.

This introductory guide sets out to examine the multiple meanings of the family and related concepts. It explores the different roles played by these concepts in our attempts to understand who we are, where we belong, and what we owe to whom, and the relationships between individual, family, and society. Grounded in philosophy and ethics, the book also draws extensively from other disciplines such as law and sociology, discussing the concrete implications of these ideas for issues such as parental love, marriage and divorce, family autonomy, and assisted reproduction.

By: Teresa Baron (Czech Academy of Sciences Prague), Dr Christopher Cowley (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350373631
ISBN 10: 135037363X
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 21 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Family Autonomy and its Limits 2. Parents, Love, and Duty 3. Dilemmas of Care 4. Identity, the Past, and the Future 5. The Meaning of Biology 6. Adoption, Surrogacy, and Assisted Reproduction 7. Family History and Fertility Fraud: A Case Study 8. Marriage and Commitment 9. Domestic Abuse Closing remarks Notes Bibliography Index

Teresa Baron is a Nottingham Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham, UK. Christopher Cowley is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Reviews for Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility

An excellent, philosophically rich and nonetheless accessible introduction to a wide range of important topics about the family, marriage, partnership and intimacy. Baron and Crowley start from a socially liberal political orientation and show that a commitment to social liberalism still leaves a wide range of issues about families up for the intelligent and thoughtful philosophical analysis and debate they provide in this volume. * Amy Mullin, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada *