{"product_id":"9781472571601","title":"Families – Beyond the Nuclear Ideal","description":"\u003ch3\u003eScience Ethics and Society\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFamilies – Beyond the Nuclear Ideal\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDaniela Cutas | John Sulston | Sarah Chan | John Harris\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships \/ Alternative Family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines, through a multi-disciplinary lens, the possibilities offered by relationships and family forms that challenge the nuclear family ideal, and some of the arguments that recommend or disqualify these as legitimate units in our societies.That children should be conceived naturally, born to and raised by their two young, heterosexual, married to each other, genetic parents; that this relationship between parents is also the ideal relationship between romantic or sexual partners; and that romance and sexual intimacy ought to be at the core of our closest personal relationships - all these elements converge towards the ideal of the nuclear family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors consider a range of relationship and family structures that depart from this ideal: polyamory and polygamy, single and polyparenting, parenting by gay and lesbian couples, as well as families created through assisted human reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniela Cutas \u003c\/b\u003eis Research Fellow in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, as well as at the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, Gothenburg University, Sweden.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Chan\u003c\/b\u003e Research Fellow in Bioethics and Law, and Deputy Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 May 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472571601\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331246456972,"sku":"9781472571601","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_01798c5e-89e1-4d5e-b191-e1a93abce4a7.jpg?v=1783595480","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472571601","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}