Parenting and the goods of childhood / Luara Ferracioli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferracioli, Luara, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parenting.

Adoption.

Parenting--Philosophy.

Children--Philosophy.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In this text, 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 argues that justice towards children requires that the liberal state make adoption more desirable and feasible for its citizens.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

PART I: PROCREATION, ADOPTION, AND PARENTING

Introduction

1. Justifying Procreative Parenting

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Two Challenges

1.3. On the Value of Procreative Parenting

1.4. Procreation and Reasons for Love

1.5. Back to the Challenges

1.6. Alternative Responses

1.7. Conclusion

2. The Right to Parent and Moral Commitment

2.1. Introduction

2.2. On Procreation and Parenthood

2.3. Three Desiderata for a Correct Theory of Moral Parenthood

2.4. On Moral Commitment

2.5. Committing to a Child

2.6. Objections

2.7. Conclusion

3. The Opportunity to Parent and Adoption

3.1. Introduction

3.2. The State and Procreation

3.3. The State and Adoption

3.4. Implications

3.5. Objections

3.6. Conclusion

PART II: CHILDHOOD GOODS

4. Carefreeness

4.1. Introduction

4.2. On Well-​Being

4.3. Carefreeness and Adulthood

4.4. Carefreeness and a Good Childhood

4.5. Implications

4.6. Conclusion

5. Achievement

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Achievement and Well-​Being

5.3. Achievement in Adulthood

5.4. Achievement in Childhood

5.5. Implications

5.6. Conclusion

6. Friendship

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Friendship and Well-​Being

6.3. Friendship in Adulthood

6.4. Friendship in Childhood

6.5. Implications

6.6. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Ferracioli, Luara Parenting and the Goods of Childhood

ISBN:

0-19-761273-3

0-19-761271-7

0-19-761272-5

9780197612729