Conceptions of parenthood : ethics and the family /
"In Conceptions of Parenthood Michael Austin provides a philosophical analysis of the numerous and distinct conceptions of parenthood. Issues considered are the nature and justification of parental rights, the sources of parental obligations, the value of autonomy, and the moral obligations and...
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
[2007], ©2007
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : c2007 Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : c2007 Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : [2007] |
| Series: | Ashgate studies in applied ethics
Ashgate studies in applied ethics |
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Table of Contents:
- Philosophy and the family
- Framing the issues
- Philosophy, the family, and common sense
- Parenthood : a working definition
- The moral status of children
- Unsuccessful conceptions of parenthood
- 16 proprietarian conceptions of parenthood biological conceptions of parenthood
- Genetics
- Gestation
- Best interests of the child conception of parenthood
- Successful conceptions of parenthood the custodial relationship
- Conception of parenthood the consent conception of parenthood
- The causal conception of parenthood
- The significance of a pluralistic understanding of parenthood and the stewardship view
- The relationship between parental obligations and parental rights
- Stewardship and parental rights absolutism and quasi-absolutism
- Challenges to parental rights
- Is there a right to bear children?
- Liberationism
- The myth of parental rights?
- A fundamental interests argument in favor of parental rights
- Family life, public policy, and the implications of the stewardship view
- Parental licensing
- Child abuse
- Children divorcing parents
- The religious upbringing of children
- Education
- Medical decisionmaking
- Stewardship and parental obligations
- The legal obligations of parents
- The moral obligations of parents
- Negative obligations
- Positive obligations
- Philosophy and the family
- Unsuccessful conceptions of parenthood
- Successful conceptions of parenthood
- Stewardship and parental rights
- Stewardship and parental obligations