Procreative Liberty Bill Murray Summary
The focus of this article is procreative liberty, freedom in activities and choices related to procreation. This article by Murray talks about the defects in the procreative liberty framework, a different starting point, and starting with one rather than the other framework.
One of the arguments Murray makes is that there are confusions about procreative liberty. One confusion is the purpose of it; is it about morals of a family or is it about law and policies of reproductive technology? Does procreative liberty pay attention to what it means to care for a family, or does it strictly focus on the means of creating a family, or preventing having children? The other confusion is about whether to have a child or to not have a child. This argument is straight forward. To have a child is to create a person to care for and create a relationship with, and to not have a child by using means of contraception and abortion. Another argument Murray …show more content…
Murray doesn’t say that procreative liberty is wrong, he just believes they have some problems in their thinking. The focus of Murray’s article is families and human flourishing. I believe Murray does a nice job of explaining families and the values and relationships within a family, while also acknowledging that not all families are perfect with loving and caring relationships within them. This is something that I can personally relate to. Growing up with half-siblings caused some difficult times, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting a family of my own someday. Which is what I believe Murray is trying to get across. He wants people to start families and procreate, but also realizes that people have the choice to start families or not. I agree that procreative liberty isn’t wrong, but just needs a new frame of mind for their framework. People should have access to contraception and abortions and the right to choice, but also should be focusing on human flourishing and
One of the arguments Murray makes is that there are confusions about procreative liberty. One confusion is the purpose of it; is it about morals of a family or is it about law and policies of reproductive technology? Does procreative liberty pay attention to what it means to care for a family, or does it strictly focus on the means of creating a family, or preventing having children? The other confusion is about whether to have a child or to not have a child. This argument is straight forward. To have a child is to create a person to care for and create a relationship with, and to not have a child by using means of contraception and abortion. Another argument Murray …show more content…
Murray doesn’t say that procreative liberty is wrong, he just believes they have some problems in their thinking. The focus of Murray’s article is families and human flourishing. I believe Murray does a nice job of explaining families and the values and relationships within a family, while also acknowledging that not all families are perfect with loving and caring relationships within them. This is something that I can personally relate to. Growing up with half-siblings caused some difficult times, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting a family of my own someday. Which is what I believe Murray is trying to get across. He wants people to start families and procreate, but also realizes that people have the choice to start families or not. I agree that procreative liberty isn’t wrong, but just needs a new frame of mind for their framework. People should have access to contraception and abortions and the right to choice, but also should be focusing on human flourishing and