The way of all flesh : a philosophical study of tort action for wrongful life, with cases
Although it is for many reasons a philosophically interesting subject, very few philosophers have addressed tort action for ~wrongful life~ - the unhappy and misleading name given to those actions in which a child (typically by his mother <I>guardian ad litem</I>) sues a health-care provide for having failed to facilitate either the prevention of his (infant-plaintiff's) conception or his birth. The few philosophers who have discussed this cause of action evince minimal familiarity with either the leading cases or the secondary legal literature; and, what's more, these few have so far addressed in detail only one of a number of issues raised by the action. It is noteworthy that - although this action threatens to continue to press itself upon the lives of now and future individuals - there is as yet no full-length treatment of it, by either a philosopher or a jurist. This work consists of a preface, seven chapters, and a three-part epilogue. In the Preface I introduce the subject matter of the thesis, and provide a chronological summary of the leading secondary philosophical literature of wrongful life. In Chapter I I introduce the law of torts. In Chapter II I introduce torts for ante-natal injury. In Chapter
Cameron-Perry, J. Ellis
Philosophy
The way of all flesh : a philosophical study of tort action for wrongful life, with cases. Although it is for many reasons a philosophically interesting subject, very few philosophers have addressed tort action for ~wrongful life~ - the unhappy and misleading name given to those actions in which a child (typically by his mother <I>guardian ad litem</I>) sues a health-care provide for having failed to facilitate either the prevention of his (infant-plaintiff's) conception or his birth. The few philosophers who have discussed this cause of action evince minimal familiarity with either the leading cases or the secondary legal literature; and, what's more, these few have so far addressed in detail only one of a number of issues raised by the action. It is noteworthy that - although this action threatens to continue to press itself upon the lives of now and future individuals - there is as yet no full-length treatment of it, by either a philosopher or a jurist. This work consists of a preface, seven chapters, and a three-part epilogue. In the Preface I introduce the subject matter of the thesis, and provide a chronological summary of the leading secondary philosophical literature of wrongful life. In Chapter I I introduce the law of torts. In Chapter II I introduce torts for ante-natal injury. In Chapter
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