Fowler Liberalism, Childhood and Justice

Ethical Issues in Upbringing
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0166-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fowler, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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