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Child-rearing With Minimal Domination : A Republican Account
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child-rearing
children
domination
parents
republicanism
Sociology and Political Science
children
domination
parents
republicanism
Sociology and Political Science
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27033
Abstract
Parenting involves an extraordinary degree of power over children. Republicans are concerned about domination, which, on one view, is the holding of power that fails to track the interests of those over whom it is exercised. On this account, parenting as we know it is dominating due to the low standards necessary for acquiring and retaining parental rights and the extent of parental power. Domination cannot be fully eliminated from child-rearing without unacceptable loss of value. Most likely, republicanism requires that we minimise children’s domination. I examine alternative models of child-rearing that are immune to republican criticism.
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Journal article
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2021-08
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10.1177/0032321720906768