Parenting and the Goods of Childhood

Ferracioli, Luara

Oxford University Press Inc（2023/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 208 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780197612705
• DDC分類 649.101

Full Description

What gives someone a moral right to parent? What role should the liberal state play in the creation of families? Are prospective parents allowed to create a child in a world facing a changing climate and full of parentless children?

In this book, Luara Ferracioli defends a new theory of the moral right to parent by focusing on the special role of parents in creating the conditions for the flourishing of their children irrespective of whether there is a biological connection between them, and by explaining why the parent-child relationship remains valuable even after the child reaches the age of majority. Ferracioli also argues that although procreative and adoptive parenting enjoy equal moral standing, justice towards children requires that the liberal state make adoption more desirable and feasible for its citizens. Finally, the book provides a partial theory of childrearing which focuses on the goods of childhood that parents are primarily responsible for fostering: carefreeness, enjoyment-driven or curiosity-driven achievement, and friendship.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Part I. Procreation, Adoption, and Parenting
Introduction
1. Justifying Procreative Parenting
2. The Right to Parent and Moral Commitment
3. The Opportunity to Parent and Adoption
Part II. Childhood Goods
Introduction
4. Carefreeness
5. Achievement
6. Friendship
Bibliography
Index