Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Reproductive autonomy, grounded in Millian liberty princi... — Carmelics
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Supports→The 'right to an open future' framework should be rejected as the sole constraint on parental reproductive decisions.

    Reproductive autonomy, grounded in Millian liberty principles, constitutes an independent moral domain that cannot be fully subordinated to prospective children's future preferences.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.

    No one has weighed in yet. Be the first to share reasons for or against this statement.

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Key Terms

    John Stuart Mill(one side of the debate)
    An influential 19th-century British philosopher who argued that scientific knowledge comes from careful observation and gathering evidence from the world.
    Millian liberty principles(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    Philosophical ideas developed by John Stuart Mill arguing that people should be free to do whatever they want as long as they don't harm others.
    Moral domain(as used in ethics)
    A specific area or category of life where ethical rules and principles apply—like how privacy is one moral domain and honesty is another.
    Prospective children's future preferences(as used in this ethical argument)
    The wishes and desires that children might have later in life, even before they are born.
    Reproductive autonomy

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Explore a random proposition
    Start fresh with something unrelated.
    Women's control over their own bodies in matters of reproduction, treated by feminists as a precondition for free and equal citizenship
    Subordinated(describes how a person's rational agency is treated when they're wronged)
    Placed in a lower position of importance or control; made to serve someone else's purposes against one's own will.

    Connections

    2 topics

    Rights & Liberty1 linkedBioethics1 linked

    Related

    The 'right to an open future' framework should be rejected as the sole constrain...

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    0 (0 for, 0 against)
    Edits
    1 edit

    Open for perspectives

    This idea is waiting for its first supporting or challenging perspective.

    Share the first perspective