RT Article
T1 Applying Rawls' Theory of Public Reason to Controversies over Parental Surrogacy
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 34
IS 1
SP 49
OP 60
A1 Appel, Jacob M. 1973-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1925653455
AB Parental surrogacy remains a highly controversial issue in contemporary ethics with considerable variation in the legal approaches of different jurisdictions. Finding a societal consensus on the issue remains highly elusive. John Rawls' theory of public reason, first developed in his A Theory of Justice (1971), offers a unifying model of political discourse and engagement that enables reasonable citizens to accept policies that they do not necessarily support at a personal level. The theory established a promising framework for private citizens with distinct moral positions on the subject to find common ground and, in doing so, to negotiate a consensus regarding the degree and nature of regulation that is palatable to all rational citizens.
K1 John Rawls
K1 Bioethics
K1 Parenthood
K1 Procreation
K1 public reason
K1 Surrogacy
DO 10.1017/S0963180125000015