Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Bioethical Burdens of Proof; Abstract ; Introduction; Chapter Summary; Selective Reproduction; Liberty: The Democratic Presumption; Considerability: The Profane Presumption; Nurture: The Parity Presumption; References; 2 Gift and Beneficence; Abstract ; Sandel and the Gift of Children; Gifts, Givens and Goods; Good Enough Lives; Procreative Beneficence: Giving Best; References; 3 Creation Lottery and Mother Trouble; Abstract ; Plato: In Spite of Birth; Born Again with Christ and Anti-Christ; Conclusion: Goddesses and Monsters; References

4 The Maternal Gift of LifeAbstract ; Reciprocity and the Problem of Recognition; The Gift of Life; Being-from-Others; Birth on the Brink; References; 5 Natality and Generations; Abstract ; Education and the Problem of Generations; Arendt on Natality and Givenness; Freedom and Gifts to Strangers; Conclusion: Towards a Generational Beneficence; References; Index