Liberalism, Childhood and Justice

Ethical Issues in Upbringing

Tim Fowler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2021
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-0164-2 (ISBN)

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Fowler provides an innovative critical exploration of ethical issues in children's upbringing through the lens of political philosophy, calling for a radical new understanding of what constitutes wellbeing, the duties of parents and the collective obligations of state and society in guaranteeing children flourishing lives.

This radical and critical account of family justice explores children’s wellbeing and ethical issues in children’s upbringing through the lens of political philosophy. Fowler reconceptualises what constitutes children’s wellbeing, the duties of parents to promote children’s wellbeing and the collective obligations of state and society to ensure that children’s best interests are advanced and protected.

Arguing that the wellbeing of children should not be measured in terms of subjective happiness but rather by them coming to hold an appropriate set of values and aspirations, Fowler challenges the dominant liberal model of parenting and calls instead for all citizens to take greater responsibility for guaranteeing that children lead flourishing lives.

Tim Fowler is a Research Fellow in Sociology, Politics and International Studies and a Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Bristol.

PART I: Children and Moral Theory

1 The Aims of a Moral Theory

2 What is a Child?

PART II: A Distributive Theory for Children

3 The Currency of Children’s Justice

4 Welfare across the Lifespan

5 Priority, Not Equality, of Welfare

PART III: Perfectionism and Upbringing

6 The Case against Neutrality

7 Understanding Perfectionism

8 The Implications of Perfectionism

PART IV: The Rights and Duties of Parents

9 The Project View of Parenting

10 Distributing Parental Duties

11 Perfectionism and Parenting

12 Beyond Parents: Collective Duties to Children

PART V: Distributive Implications

13 Children’s Distributive Outcomes: Equality of Opportunity?

14 Paying for Childcare

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	06.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-5292-0164-0 / 1529201640
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-0164-2 / 9781529201642
Zustand	Neuware