When thinking about whether or not to become a parent, there is a lot more at stake than just deciding when you’re ready or if you even want to. But what are the questions we should be asking ourselves when we think about parenting? In this episode, we discuss the ethics of having children and more with Samantha Brennan and Sarah Hannan, the editors of Permissible Progeny: The Morality of Procreation and Parenting, out now from Oxford University Press.

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Show Notes:

• Permissible Progeny: The Morality of Procreation and Parenting
• Samantha Brennan
• Sarah Hannan
• Richard Vernon
• David Benatar
• Oxford University Press
• Elizabeth Brake
• Meena Krishnamurthy
• Dear Sugar: Moms Who Hate Motherhood
• Kylo Ren

Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Music used in this episode (in order of appearance):

1. 1. “Badlands” by Cory Gray
      From the Free Music Archive
      CC BY-NC 3.0
   2. “Summer Spliffs” by Broke for Free
      From the Free Music Archive
      CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
   3. “Bumble” by Podington Bear
      From the Free Music Archive
      CC BY-NC 3.0
   4. “Galoshes” by Podington Bear
      From the Free Music Archive
      CC BY-NC 3.0
   5. “Dixie Outlandish” by John Deley and the 41 Players
      From the YouTube Audio Library (Royalty Free)

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