\u27Irresponsible\u27 Reproduction

In recent years, there have been countless calls for reversing the rise in irresponsibility in American society.\u27 Calls for restoring personal responsibility in both private and political life sound from both of the major political parties as well as from various cultural critics, pundits, and academics. 2 Proponents of a return to personal responsibility wage their battle on numerous fronts, advocating a cultural revolution, a moral revival, and a recovery of virtue to bring about a reformation of attitudes and behaviors regarded as troublesome. 3 Many voices now urge that law and public policy should encourage, or require, personal responsibility and should no longer tolerate, much less reward, irresponsibility