Moral and Political Status of Children

Name: Moral and Political Status of Children
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ISBN: 9780199242689

ISBN-10: 0199242682

ISBN-13: 9780199242689

Edition: 2002

Authors: David Archard, Colin M. Macleod

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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 philosophy. Recent years have seen an increased concern with the needsand interests of young people. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which accords a wide range of fundamental rights to children was adopted in 1989 and many states have subsequently ratified…

Book details

List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/7/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Jeremy Webber holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Society at the University of Victoria and is a Trudeau Fellow. Colin M. Macleod is an associate professor of law and philosophy at the University of Victoria.Contributors: Andrï¿½e Boisselle, David Dyzenhaus, Duncan Ivison, Margaret Moore, Val Napoleon, Janna Promislow, Tim Rowse, James Tully



The Moral and Political Status of Children


The Moral and Political Status of Children


Notes on Contributors



Children and Rights



Do Children Have Rights?



What Rights (If Any) Do Children Have?



Children's Choices or Children's Interests: Which Do Their Rights Protect?



Becoming Versus Being: a Critical Analysis of the Child in Liberal Theory



Autonomy and Education



Special Agents: Children's Autonomy and Parental Authority



Autonomy, Child-Rearing, and Good Lives



Children, Multiculturalism, and Education



Answering Susan: Liberalism, Civic Education, and the Status of Younger Persons



Children, Families, and Justice



Silver Spoons and Golden Genes: Talent Differentials and Distributive Justice



Equality and the Duties of Procreators



Liberal Equality and the Affective Family



What Children Really Need: Towards a Critical Theory of Family Structure



Family, Choice, and Distributive Justice


Further Reading


Index