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Author:   Brenda Almond (Emeritus Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy, University of Hull)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.347kg
ISBN:  

9780199548705

ISBN 10:   0199548706
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   28 August 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction PART I. UNDERSTANDING FAMILY: PHILOSOPHY'S CONTRIBUTION 1: The family 2: Permanent relations? Love, marriage and philosophical lives 3: From philosophy to law 4: Feminist aims, family consequences PART II. SHAPING FAMILIES: SCIENCE'S CONTRIBUTION 5: Having and not having children 6: New reproductive technologies: Whose human rights? PART III. NEW FRONTIERS: FAMILY, LAW AND POLITICS 7: Family choices: what do children really want? 8: Law, policy-making and the contemporary family PART IV. PRESERVING IDENTITIES: A FUTURE FOR THE FAMILY? 9: Family, identity, and community 10: Finding a way through the wood

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Brenda Almond is Emeritus Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy of the University of Hull and Vice-President of the Society for Applied Philosophy. She has served on the Human Genetics Commission and with the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in the United Kingdom and her books include The Philosophical Quest (Penguin, 1990) and Exploring Ethics: A Traveller's Tale (Blackwell, 1998).

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