Children's Rights Re-Visioned: Philosophical Readings - Softcover

Ladd, Rosalind Ekman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534235328 ISBN 13: 9780534235321

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

This anthology helps students gain philosophical understanding as they pursue some provocative issues surrounding childrens rights in our society. Fourteen essays, by an array of preeminent philosophers approach the subject through contemporary feminist perspectives as well as traditional ethical theory.

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Preface: Introduction: SOME THEORETICAL ISSUES. The Philosopher's Child--Judith Hughes. Childrens Rights and Children's Lives--Onora O'Neill. Rights for the Next Generation: A Feminist Approach to Children's Rights--Martha Minow. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. The Right to Found a Family--John Harris. Equal Opportunity and the Family--Peter Vallentyne and Morry Lipson. Does a Child Have a Right to a Certain Identity?--Anita L. Allen. Child Abuse: Parental Rights and the Interests of the Child--David Archard. Rights-Talk Will Not Sort Out Child-Abuse: Comment on Archard on Parental Rights--Mary Midgley. RIGHTS IN EDUCATION. Education and Liberty: Public Provision and Private Choice--Brenda Almond. Schooling--Laura Purdy. Freedom of Religion and Children--Hugh LaFollette. WHO DECIDES ABOUT HEALTH CARE? Making Decisions--Whose Choice?--Edwin N. Forman and Rosalind Ekman Ladd. Children's Competence for Health Care Decisionmaking--Dan W. Brock. Parental Discretion and Children's Rights: Background and Implications for Medical Decision-Making--Ferdinand Schoeman.

From the Back Cover

Discover where you stand on children's rights in Children's Rights Re-Visioned, a unique collection of fourteen readings based on issues of intense public debate concerning the treatment of children in recent years. Articles by an array of preeminent philosophers approach the subject by way of contemporary feminist perspectives as well as traditional ethical theory. Editor Rosalind Ekman Ladd begins with a practical introduction to essential concepts and themes of philosophy before engaging you in a stimulating range of philosophical readings. To reinforce the pertinence of the philosophical arguments presented, she poses current, newsworthy cases concerning the just allocation of children's rights. Rich with insight, Children's Rights Re-Visioned will help you gain philosophical understanding as you pursue some provocative questions surrounding the standing of children in our society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534235328
• ISBN 13: 9780534235321
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224