Imagining with Purpose in Childhood : Children As Emerging Agents Envisioning Lives Worth Valuing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Natalie M.

Series:

Philosophy of Childhood Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

Imagining with Purpose in Childhood explores the question: How might moral imagining be conceived to support the cultivation of responsible autonomy in childhood?.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Argument overview and scholarly contribution

Theoretical frameworks and case study

Focus on autonomy in childhood

A childism-flavoured meaning of childhood

Autonomy with training wheels

Autonomy as a relational concept

Initial criteria of responsible autonomy

Queering autonomy further

Chapter 1: Conceptualising moral imagining

Construals of imagination from intellectual history

Moral imagination across the disciplines

Perspectives from law

Perspectives from medicine

Perspectives from cognitive sciences

Perspectives from business

Perspectives from art

Perspectives from education

Perspectives from social anthropology

Perspectives from philosophy

Interdisciplinary criteria of moral imagination

A sketch of deliberate moral imagining

Chapter 2: Moral imagining within neo-Aristotelian virtue theory

Virtue in context

The challenge of narrow empathetic scope

Childhood autonomy and virtue

Moral imagining as a motivator of practical wisdom

i. Acknowledgement of limited perspectives

ii. Recognition of commonality

iii. Identification of competing considerations

Narrative aids for moral imagining

i. Fictional instances

ii. Hypothetical instances

iii. Actual instances

Closing remarks

Chapter 3: Moral imagining within the Capabilities Approach

Capabilities in context

The challenge of conversion inhibition

Childhood autonomy and capabilities

Moral imagining as a complex capability

Access points for moral imagining

i. Access to conceptual resources

ii. Access to dialogical space

iii. Access to creative expression

Chapter 4: Moral imagining within classical pragmatism

Pragmatic inquiry in context.

The challenge of inaccurate pseudoenvironments

Childhood autonomy and inquiry

Moral imagining as a destabiliser of stereotypes

Pragmatist principles for moral imagining

i. The principle of indeterminacy

ii. The principle of reflection

iii. The principle of habit

iv. The principle of community

Chapter 5: Morally imaginative practices in childhood

P4wC in context

i. Empathic engagement

ii. Self-efficacy

iii. Epistemic flexibility

i. Narrative aids for moral imagining

ii. Access points for moral imagining

iii. Pragmatist principles for moral imagining

Aesthetic atmosphere

i. The embodied dimension

ii. The affective dimension

iii. The tacit dimension

Mental landscaping

i. High-stakes moments

ii. Affect aliens

Imaginative curatorship

The stimulus materials and questions

The dialogue

i. Conceptual framing

ii. Prototype structure

The supporting activities

The metacognitive reflection

Conclusion

Possible dangers of deliberate moral imagining

Possible demands of deliberate moral imagining

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781978769922

OCLC:

1597391730