nmission. They conclude that the process of populapolicy formation is so dominated by the familyining establishment as to exclude consideration of troversial policy alternatives. As to whether this racterization is borne out by what the Commission ually did, the reader may judge for himself. Robert Parke, Jr. and Charles F. Westoff Chapter 1 Ethics, Population and the American Tradition by Task Force on Ethics and Population Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences Hastings-on-Hudson, New York ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank Eunice Corfman, Bethesda, Maryland; Emily C. Moore, The Population Council, New York, New York; and Nancy Williamson, Department of Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for their research contributions; and Robert C. Neville, Willard Gaylin, M.D., and Marc Lappé of the Institute for their general help in the final stages of our work. COMMISSION ON POPULATION GROWTH AND THE AMERICAN FUTURE; RESEARCH REPORTS, VOLUME VI, ASPECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH POLICY, EDITED BY ROBERT PARKE, JR. AND CHARLES F. WESTOFF |