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Gerald Harrison - March 2024 - Talk/Introduction
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November Local Hangout 2023
10th November 2023
Feb 22 Global Hangout
20th February 2022, Sunday
Feb 22 Local Hangout
Abstract: "Wrongful life suits may be justified even when children suffering significant forms of harm still enjoy an overall worthwhile life. Standard, comparative theories of harm are challenged. An alternative theory of harm is suggested. A distinction is advocated between the nonconsensual conferral of a lesser harm to avert a greater harm and the nonconsensual conferral of a lesser harm to bestow a greater benefit. The latter is morally problematic and may ground claims for compensation. Nonetheless, it is a reasonable characterization of much procreative activity. Related controversies concerning parental responsibility are discussed, including adoption, surrogacy, genetic "donation," and reproductive technology. "
Feb 22 Reading Group
14 February 2022, Monday
7PM NZDT
(main reading) Shiffrin, Seana: Wrongful Life, Procreative Responsibility, and the Significance of Harm (1999). - Link
(optional) Singh, Asheel: The Hypothetical Consent Objection to Anti-Natalism (2018) - Link
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