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DeGrazia, David, and Millum, Joseph. A theory of bioethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 316 pp. $99.99 (cloth) ISBN 978,316,515,839, $24.99 (paper) SBN 9,781,009,011,747

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  1. This is justified on their account, presumably, from three things they argue in Chapter 8: (1) Well-being is determined by the balance between enjoyment, which is good, and suffering, which is bad. (2) Goods are enjoyed to a greater degree by those with “sufficient cognitive capabilities” (p. 228). (3) Enjoyment and suffering are asymmetrical; less cognitive function is required to suffer than to enjoy. It seems the argument that parents’ well-being overrides the child’s well-being follows from these aspects of their account of well-being.

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Maples, C. DeGrazia, David, and Millum, Joseph. A theory of bioethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 316 pp. $99.99 (cloth) ISBN 978,316,515,839, $24.99 (paper) SBN 9,781,009,011,747. Theor Med Bioeth 44, 539–544 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-023-09626-2

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