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"This volume investigates a ""person-affecting"" approach to ethical issues that arise in the context of human cloning, surrogate motherhood, wrongful life, and future generations. The ""person-affecting"" approach is intended to capture the idea that agents ought both to do the most good they can and to respect each person as distinct from each other. Focusing on conflicts between ""childmakers"" - parents, infertility specialists, embryologists, and others engaged in the task of bringing new people into existence - and the children they aim to create, the author considers what we owe those who will come into existence tomorrow."

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This is a fun book to read; sometimes maddening, sometimes puzzling, but fun. The comparing of cases, the application of principles, and the attention Roberts gives to some of the details hold one's attention. Ethics Roberts' commitment to a complete explanation of assorted moral arguments makes for thoughtful and complex reading. This book engages those who are searching for an in-depth approach to issues regarding the responsibilities of parents and the rights of children in the face of advancing reproductive technology. The George Washington Law Review

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The Author: Melinda A. Roberts is associate professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey. She is the author of several articles on ethics and the law, and is currently working on a book on children's constitutional rights.

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