Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-926894-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Issues concerning the upbringing of children are among the most contested in modern political debate. How should childrearing rights and resources be distributed between families? To what extent are parents morally permitted to shape the beliefs and desires of their children? At what age should children acquire adult rights, such as the right to vote? Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing sets out a liberal conception of political morality that supports a set of answers to these questions which many liberals have been reluctant to accept.

The central argument is that the ideals of justice and individual autonomy place significant constraints on both governments and parents. Clayton insists that while their interests should count directly in allocating childrearing rights, parents should exercise their rights in accordance with these liberal ideals. He argues that we owe our children a childhood that develops their sense of justice, but in which further attempts to enrol them into particular religious practices, for instance, are illegitimate. Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing is a work of applied political philosophy that will be of interest to students of political theory, the philosophy of education, and social and public policy.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of politics and philosophy, especially those interested in political theory, moral philosophy, education studies, and social and public policy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clayton, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Liberal Foundations

- 2: Childrearing Rights and Their Distribution

- 3: Parents and Public Reason

- 4: Education for Justice

- 5: The Voting Age

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Clayton, Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Warwick