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SUMMARY:Making a Good Life by Katie Dow - Book Launch - Katie Dow (Univers
 ity of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20161007T163000Z
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CONTACT:Chantal Nowak
DESCRIPTION:Making a Good Life takes a timely look at the ideas and values
  that inform how people think about reproduction and assisted reproductive
  technologies. In an era of heightened scrutiny about parenting and reprod
 uction\, fears about environmental degradation\, and the rise of the biote
 chnology industry\, Katharine Dow delves into the reproductive ethics of t
 hose who do not have a personal stake in assisted reproductive technologie
 s\, but who are building lives inspired and influenced by environmentalism
  and concerns about the natural world's future.\n\nMoving away from experi
 ences of infertility treatments tied to the clinic and laboratory\, Dow in
 stead explores reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies as topi
 cs of public concern and debate\, and she examines how people living in a 
 coastal village in rural Scotland make ethical decisions and judgments abo
 ut these matters. In particular\, Dow engages with people's ideas about na
 ture and naturalness\, and how these relate to views about parenting and b
 uilding stable environments for future generations. Taking into account th
 e ways daily responsibilities and commitments are balanced with moral valu
 es\, Dow suggests there is still much to uncover about reproductive ethics
 .\n\nAnalyzing how ideas about reproduction intersect with wider ethical s
 truggles\, Making a Good Life offers a new approach to researching\, think
 ing\, and writing about nature\, ethics\, and reproduction.
LOCATION:The Pitt Building Trumpington Street CB21RP
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