Berg, Anastasia

What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice

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ISBN 13:: 9780861549481
author:: Berg, Anastasia
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Oneworld Publications
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2024
Pages:: 336
Dimensions:: 21.6 x 13.5 x 2.9 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Social Sciences, General,
Condition:: New
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Having children is one of the biggest decisions you'll make in your life. Increasingly, we aren't making it at all. A growing trend across the developed world means that fewer and fewer people are becoming parents. On the face of it, none of these goals - self-fulfilment, protecting women's meaning and self-worth outside the household, safeguarding the planet from climate change, or preventing senseless suffering - seem to be served by having children. Yet, in making this individual decision, we confront a profound philosophical question: is human life worth living? Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman offer a thought-provoking exploration of this dilemma, encouraging us to overcome fear and dread and find value in the existence and future of humanity. Their book is a stirring call to re-examine our assumptions about parenthood and its role in our lives.

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