Debating procreation : is it wrong to reproduce? / David Benatar, David Wasserman.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]

vi, 269 pages ; 21 cm.

Introducing anti-natalism -- The asymmetry argument -- The quality of life argument -- The misanthropic argument -- Contra procreation -- Better to have lived and lost? -- Against anti-natalism -- The good of the future child and the parent-child relationship as goals of procreation -- Impersonal constraints on procreation -- Alternatives to impersonal approaches: birthrights and role-based duties.

Includes bibliographical references and index.