Parenting on Earth
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04758-6 (ISBN)
Environmental catastrophes, pandemics, antibiotic resistance, institutionalized injustice, and war: in a world so out of balance, what does it take—or even mean—to be a good parent? This book is one woman’s search for an answer, as a moral philosopher, activist, and mother.
Drawing on the insights of philosophy and the experience of parent activists, Elizabeth Cripps calls for parents to think radically about exactly what we owe our children—and everyone else. She shows how our children’s needs are inseparable from the fate of the earth and the fortunes of others and how much is at stake in parenting today. And she asks the hardest question: should we have kids at all?
Timely and thoughtful, Parenting on Earth extends a challenge to anyone raising children in a troubled world—and with it, a vision of hope for our children’s future. Cripps envisions a world where kids can prosper and grow—a just world, with thriving social systems and ecosystems, where future generations can flourish and all children can lead a decent life. She explains, with bracing clarity, why those raising kids today should be a force for change and bring up their children to do the same. Hard as this can be, in the face of political gridlock, ecoanxiety, and general daily grind, the tools of philosophy and psychology can help us find a way.
Elizabeth Cripps is a mother, writer, activist, and philosopher, and the author of What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care. She is a Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh, where she researches and teaches climate justice. She lives in Scotland with her husband and two daughters.
Note to Readers ix
Introduction 1
I Our Moral Mistakes
1 Being Parents and Being Human 17
2 Our Children and Distant Strangers 33
3 Our Kids are not Islands 53
II What We Do Now
4 The Hardest Question 75
5 Being Activists 95
6 Raising Good Global Citizens 115
7 Living Differently 139
III Hard But Not Impossible
8 Making Difficult Choices 157
9 A Psychologist's Toolkit 177
Conclusion 195
Acknowledgments 199
Notes 201
Further Reading 249
Index 255
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.03.2023 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 133 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-262-04758-6 / 0262047586 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-262-04758-6 / 9780262047586 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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