Sarah Conly, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bowdoin College

Sarah Conly is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bowdoin College and the author of Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism (2012).

"This book is a highly valuable contribution to practical philosophy. It gets a hugely important topic on the table in a serious way without compromising readability. If you are looking for an engaging and provocative addition to your personal library, or for your ethics or political philosophy courses, I highly recommend this book." - Jason Marsh, Journal of Moral Philosophy

"A philosopher's nuanced, unapologetic proposal for a world in environmental crisis." - Karen Shook, Times Higher Education

"One Child is hard to resist. Conly starts from a well-developed empirical basis — multiply-sourced news about the devastation we court, but which she deploys modestly. ... Lucid, engaging, and empirically saturated ... These discussions are wholly pertinent and quite well done" - Jamie Lindemann, Philosophers' Magazine

"Sarah Conly's book tackles an urgent, under-discussed topic: Is having children an unlimited, personal right? Or is this view no longer tenable in an era of vast increases in human population? Professor Conly rejects unlimited procreation rights and defends a one child per family limit as a moral imperative and perhaps as a legal requirement. This very fine book is clearly written, thorough in its treatment of the issues, and very fair to the opposing views." - Stephen Nathanson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Northeastern University

"...this is a well-crafted book on a very important topic... It is probably laypersons and undergraduate students who will benefit the most from reading this book." - Peter Murphy, Metapsychology