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MOTHERHOOD PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE If you have ever wondered what makes a “good” or a “bad” mother, or if mothers are always right in thinking their babies are beautiful, or indeed, whether mother always knows best, look no further. Without a single nag, Motherhood – Philosophy for Everyone covers these salient philosophical issues, and more, including: The anticipation of impending parenthood compared with the reality Should we tell the occasional lie to our children? What does the Bible actually say about the virgin birth? If we were able to turn our children off, would and should we be tempted by this option? The experience of lesbian mothering The unexpected challenges and complications of being a mother “As in any group of thinkers, some mothers are more ambitiously reflective than others, either out of temperamental thoughtfulness, moral and political concerns, or, most often, because they have serious problems with their children. However, maternal thinking is no rarity. Maternal work itself demands that mothers think…” From Maternal Thinking: Toward A Politics of Peace, Sara Ruddick

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Author:   Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan University, The Nanoethics Group) ,  Sheila Lintott (Bucknell University, USA) ,  Judith Warner
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.361kg
ISBN:  

9781444330281

ISBN 10:   1444330284
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword x Judith Warner Acknowledgments xv Sheila Lintott Navel-Gazing at Its Finest: An Introduction to Motherhood – Philosophy for Everyone 1 Sheila Lintott Part I MOMMY BRAIN: Truth, Knowledge, and Belief in Mothering 15 1 How Many Experts Does It Take to Raise a Child? Mothering and the Quest for Certainty 17 Sue Ellen Henry 2 Creative Mothering: Lies and the Lying Mothers Who Tell Them 29 Amy Kind 3 Pro-Choice Philosopher Has Baby: Reflections on Fetal Life 41 Bertha Alvarez Manninen 4 Kim, Ellen, and Zack’s Big Adventure: Lesbian Mothers Raising a Boy Steeped in His Masculinity 52 Kim Anno Part II LABOR PAINS: The Work and Wonder of Being a Mom 63 5 Days and Nights of a New Mother: Existentialism in the Nursery 65 Elizabeth Butterfield 6 Mindful Mothering: How Feminist Buddhist Practices Enhance Experiences of Beauty 77 Sheryl Tuttle Ross 7 A Face Only a Mother Could Love? On Maternal Assessments of Infant Beauty 89 Glenn Parsons 8 Kevin, Coming Into Focus: On Getting to Know My Son 100 Laura Newhart Part III MOM’S MORALITY: Ethical Issues in Mothering 115 9 Making Choices: The Ethics of Infant Feeding 117 Chris Mulford 10 Lactational Burkas and Milkmen: On Public Breastfeeding and Male Lactation 129 Maureen Sander-Staudt 11 On “Crying-It-Out” and Co-Sleeping 141 Kevin C. Elliott and Janet L. Elliott 12 Natural Childbirth is for the Birds 154 Jen Baker Part IV Is Motherhood Everything You Thought It Would Be? Fantasy Meets Reality 167 13 The Off Button: Thought Experiments and Child Control 169 Sara Goering 14 The Virtues of Motherhood 180 Nin Kirkham 15 The Media Proudly Present: “Lessons” From Celebrity Moms 191 Clemence Due and Damien W. Riggs 16 God, Mom! The Blessings of Breasts and Womb 202 George A. Dunn A Brief Afterword: Some Words from Contributors’ Kids on Motherhood and Philosophy 213 Read All About It: A Feminist Bibliography on Pregnancy and Mothering 215 Compiled by Amy Mullin Notes on Contributors 222

Reviews

An unusual look at motherhood by several philosophers, which covers ground-such as whether it is ever acceptable to lie to your children- not often explored in maternity books.  Thought provoking. ( Mother and Baby , December 2010)

Author Information

Editor SHEILA LINTOTT is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University, and the mother of two children. Series Editor FRITZ ALLHOFF is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.

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