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The moral and political status of children

Author: David Archard; Colin M Macleod
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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The book contains contributions from thirteen distinguished moral and political philosophers on the subject of children. These are new essays and are devoted to a subject that until recently has not been extensively discussed by philosophers. Too often philosophers restrict themselves to the consideration only of the relations between adults. Yet the topic of children is an important one for moral and political  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David Archard; Colin M Macleod
ISBN: 0199242682 9780199242689
OCLC Number: 48920142
Description: viii, 296 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Do children have rights? / James Griffin --
What rights (if any) do children have? / Harry Brighouse --
Children's choices or children's interests: which do their rights protect? / Samantha Brennan --
Becoming versus being: a critical analysis of the child in liberal theory / Barbara Arneil --
Special agents: children's autonomy and parental authority / Robert Noggle --
Autonomy, child-rearing, and good lives / Eamonn Callan --
Children, multiculturalism, and education / David Archard --
Answering Susan: liberalism, civic education, and the status of younger persons / Joe Coleman --
Silver spoons and golden genes: talent differentials and distributive justice / Hillel Steiner --
Equality and the duties of procreators / Peter Vallentyne --
Liberal equality and the affective family / Colin M. Macleod --
What children really need: towards a critical theory of family structure / Shelley Burtt --
Family, choice, and distributive justice / Véronique Munoz-Dardé.
Responsibility: edited by David Archard and Colin M. Macleod.
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The work contains original essays by distinguished moral and political philosophers on the topic of the moral and political status of children. It covers the themes of children's rights, parental  Read more...

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by WTYILL@KUK (WorldCat user on 2007-07-27)

Notes on Contributors vii

1. Introduction / David Archard and Colin M. Macleod 1


I. CHILDREN AND RIGHTS


2. Do children have rights? / James Griffin 19
3. What rights (if any) do children have? / Harry Brighouse 31
4. Children's choices or children's interests: which do their rights protect? / Samantha Brennan 53
5. Becoming versus being: a critical analysis of the child in liberal theory / Barbara Arneil 70


II. AUTONOMY AND EDUCATION


6. Special agents: children's autonomy and parental authority / Robert Noggle 97
7. Autonomy, child-rearing, and good lives / Eamonn Callan 118
8. Children, multiculturalism, and education / David Archard 142
9. Answering Susan: liberalism, civic education, and the status of younger persons / Joe Coleman 160


III. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND JUSTICE


10. Silver spoons and golden genes: talent differentials and distributive justice / Hillel Steiner 183
11. Equality and the duties of procreators / Peter Vallentyne 195
12. Liberal equality and the affective family / Colin M. Macleod 212
13. What children really need: towards a critical theory of family structure / Shelley Burtt 231
14. Family, choice, and distributive justice / Véronique Munoz-Dardé 253

Further Reading 273
References 276
Index 289

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