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Author:   Alexander Bagattini ,  Colin Macleod
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Volume:   9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.336kg
ISBN:  

9789402400502

ISBN 10:   9402400508
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   10 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction – Alexander Bagattini and Colin Macleod.- Section I: Well-Being and Autonomy.- 1 Children, Adults, Autonomy and Well-Being - David Archard.- 2 Autonomy and Children’s Well-Being - Paul Bou-Habib and Serena Olsaretti.- 3 The Intrinsic Goods of Childhood and the Just Society - Anca Gheaus.- 4 Agency, Authority and the Vulnerability of Children -Colin Macleod.- 5 Enhancing the Capacity for Autonomy: What Parents Owe Their Children to Make Their Lives Go Well - Monika Betzler.- 6 Utilitarianism, Welfare, Children - Anthony Skelton.- Section II: Well-Being and Authority.- 7 Paternalism in Education and the Future - Dieter Birnbacher.- 8 Anti-Perfectionist Childrearing - Matthew Clayton.- 9 Respecting Children and Children’s Dignity - Holger Baumann and Barbara Bleisch.- 10 Who Decides? - James G. Dwyer.- Section III: Well-Being and Policy.- 11 The Concept of Best Interests in Clinical Practice - Jürg C. Streuli.- 12 Child Well-Being and the Family-Dilemma - Alexander Bagattini.- 13 Child Welfare and Child Protection: Medicalization and Scandalization as the New Norms in Dealing with Violence against Children - Heiner Fangerau, Arno Görgen, Maria Griemmert.- 14 Children’s Rights, Well-Being, and Sexual Agency  - Samantha Brennan and Jennifer Epp.- 15 The Grounds and Limits of Parents’ Cultural Prerogatives: The Case of Circumcision- Jurgen De Wispelaere and Daniel Weinstock

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Alexander Bagattini is assistant professor in Philosophy at the University of Düsseldorf. His areas of research and teaching are in the ethical implications of the concept of child well-being, children’s rights, philosophy of education and environmental ethics. He is also principal investigator in the interdisciplinary research project “Child Well-Being as a Collective Interpretive Pattern” which is funded by the BMBF (German Federal Ministry for Education and Research / Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). Colin M. Macleod is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research focuses on issues in contemporary moral, political and legal theory, with a special focus on distributive justice and equality; children, families and justice and democratic ethics. He is the author of Liberalism, Justice and Markets (Oxford University Press, 1998) and the editor of Justice and Equality (University of Calgary Press, 2012) and (with David Archard) of The Moral and Political Status of Children (Oxford University Press, 2002).

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