A Relational Defence of Surrogate Motherhood
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Description
Pauline Everett explores how surrogacy is presented in three secular and three Church reports by focussing upon the surrogate, the commissioning couple and the child. She explores the key theological and ethical objections to surrogacy, namely: that it undermines motherhood, involves baby selling, coercion, exploitation and commodification.
Everett analyses motherhood and reflects on a secular approach and a Christian approach. She examines whether paid surrogacy commodifies, exploits and coerces the participants; and its theological understanding seeing human beings as created in the image of God and as having dignity. Everett explores whether paid surrogacy involves baby selling, and uses Augustine and Aquinas to illustrate the concepts of the self and other; arguing that self-interest and altruism can co-exist with care for the self and the other in a relational framework without detriment. She concludes with presenting three models towards surrogacy, and asks for a more sophisticated ontology of the relationship between the self and the other, calling for various solutions in a surrogacy custody battle.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Government and Church Reports Investigating Surrogate Motherhood
Chapter Two
The Concept of Motherhood
Chapter Three
Commodification, Exploitation, and Coercion in Surrogate Motherhood
Chapter Four
Self-Interest, Altruism, and Baby Selling in Paid and Unpaid Surrogacy
Chapter Five
The Contract Model, The Adoption Model, and the Relational Model for Surrogate Motherhood
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | May 15 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780567702975 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Series | T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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