The foundations of flourishing and our responsibility to infants : an ethical and evidence-based case to challenge the societal acceptance of childcare / Gillian Joiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joiner, Gillian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mother and infant.

Infant psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Ethics International Press Ltd, [2022]

Summary:

Neuroscientific evidence reveals that childcare centres are high stress environments which can disrupt the brain's emotional developmental circuitry during critical phases, impacting a child's later ability to flourish. At the same time evidence also reveals that some parenting practices are sub-optimal. Exploring what it is infants really need to grow emotionally well, represents a largely unexplored issue. If the state wants to be populated by flourishing individuals, then this topic must be addressed. Using an ethical framework to tease out the wide ranging, complex, and sometimes controversial issues that this dilemma presents, The Foundations of Flourishing and Our Responsibility to Infants follows a cross-disciplinary journey. The author pieces together pertinent issues in a synthesised critique of political, feminist, and moral philosophy, as well as psychological and neuroscientific findings, and offers some possible solutions. It will be of interest to researchers and teachers in areas including philosophy, psychology, education, social care, as well as educators and policy-makers in early childhood development.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Evidence

Attachment Theory

Neuroscientific Evidence

Chapter 2 Childcare, and Mothers and Fathers

Childcare

Mothers and Fathers

Chapter 3 Obligations to Children and Ourselves

Obligations to Children

Autonomy

Chapter 4 Love

What Love Confers

Duty to Love

The Components of Love

Expansiveness of Love

Chapter 5 Flourishing

Flourishing

Attributes of Flourishers

Chapter 6 Liberalism

The Liberal State and its Role Regarding Children

Public and Private Spheres

Nozick's Liberalism

Kant

Mill

Capitalism

Chapter 7 Feminism and Motherhood

Feminism

Difference Feminism

Motherhood

Background

Motherhood Today

Chapter 8 An Ethics of Social, Emotional, and Moral Wellbeing

Ethics of Care

Slote's Ethics of Care and Empathy

Gilligan's Reframing of the Ethics of Care

An Alternative Autonomy

The Ethics of Social, Emotional, and Moral Wellbeing

Families

Chapter 9 Policy Issues

The State

Practical Problems

Career

Remuneration

Superannuation

Education

Lack of Status and Respect

Developing Solutions Through Policy

Family

Value of Motherhood

Supporting Families

Communities

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Joiner, Gillian The Foundations of Flourishing and Our Responsibility to Infants

ISBN:

9781804410073

OCLC:

1315650256