This Element provides an exploration of antinatalism, the view that assigns a negative value
to reproduction. First, the history of Western philosophy as a two-and-a-half millennia …

The global human population has been increasing at an alarming rate over the last 100
years and is projected by the United Nations (UN) to continue to increase and reach 10 …

This book presents an authoritative and comprehensive survey of human practice in relation
to other animals, together with a Christian ethical analysis building on the theological …

A Biblical Perspective on What It Means to Be Human This major work by a widely respected
Old Testament scholar and theologian unpacks a biblical perspective on fundamental …

Throughout most of human history women have been defined by their biological role in
reproduction, seen first and foremost as gestators, which has led to the reproductive system …

The topic of children in the Bible has long been under-represented, but this has recently
changed with the development of childhood studies in broader fields, and the work of …

The proclamation of the death of God came at a pivotal time in the history of humankind. It far
transcended the concerns of the religious faithful and dented the entire fabric of human …

The twenty-first century is teeming with larger-than-life threats to our larger-than-life
existence, such as famine, war, natural disasters and climate change, viruses, incurable …

From its earliest days, the Christian tradition has contained a stream which figures
reproduction and generativity as more than biological, and which queries normative and …

This PhD thesis considers legal and ethical questions surrounding the development of
artificial womb technologies. In 2017, scientists based in Philadelphia and in Western …