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Childhood: Value and duties
Title / Series / Name
Philosophy Compass
Publication Volume
16
Publication Issue
12
Pages
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/13882
Abstract
In philosophy, there are two competitor views about the nature and value of childhood: The first is the traditional, deficiency, view, according to which children are mere unfinished adults. The second is a view that has recently become increasingly popular amongst philosophers, and according to which children, perhaps in virtue of their biological features, have special and valuable capacities, and, more generally, privileged access to some sources of value. This article provides a conceptual map of these views and their possible interpretations, and notes their bearing on issues of population ethics and on the duties that we are owed during childhood.
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Journal article
Date
2021
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Identifiers
10.1111/phc3.12793