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Contents |
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Contributors |
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Introduction to Justice, Education, and the Politics of Childhood: Challenges and Perspectives |
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References |
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Part I: Children and Childhood: Autonomy, Well-Being and Paternalism |
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Chapter 1: Constructing Children’s Rights |
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Introduction |
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Agency, Rights and Children: Puzzles |
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Juvenile Agency |
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Rights and Juvenile Agency |
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Conclusion |
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References |
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Chapter 2: Future-Oriented Paternalism and the Intrinsic Goods of Childhood |
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Introduction |
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Future-Oriented Paternalism |
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Conceptions of Childhood |
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The Instrumental Conception of Childhood |
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Escape from the Predicament |
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The Intrinsic Goods of Childhood |
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Future-Oriented Paternalism Revisited |
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Conclusion |
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References |
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Chapter 3: Who Gets to Decide? Children’s Competence, Parental Authority, and Informed Consent |
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Introduction |
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Competence and Children |
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Two Examples |
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Moral Dilemmas |
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Competence and Reasonableness |
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Making Children Competent: Lowering the Threshold |
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Helping Children Become Competent: Joint-Decision Making |
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Conclusions |
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References |
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Chapter 4: Capacity, Consistency and the Young |
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Introduction |
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Normative Framework |
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Limitations Placed on Young People |
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Political |
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Medical |
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Criminal |
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The Capacity Standard |
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The Composition of Capacity |
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Knowledge: Expected Consequences |
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Knowledge: Complexity of Information |
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Understanding |
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Importance: Personal |
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Importance: Social |
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Explaining the Inconsistencies |
81 |
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Conclusion |
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References |
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Chapter 5: Eating Disorders in Minors and the Role of the Media. An Ethical Investigation |
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Introduction |
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Eating Disorders in the Ethical and Philosophical Literature |
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The Complexity of Eating Disorders |
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Definition of Eating Disorders |
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The Epidemiology of Eating Disorders |
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The Etiology and Risk Factors of Eating Disorders |
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The Role of the Media on Eating Disorders and Related Phenomena |
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An Ethical Perspective on the Different Interests at Stake |
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Responsibilities and Justice |
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Conclusion and Policy Measures |
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References |
103 |
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Part II: Justice for Children |
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Chapter 6: Equality of What for Children |
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Introduction |
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Equality of Resources |
110 |
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Equality of Opportunity for Welfare |
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Equal Access to Advantage |
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The Agency Assumption, Primary Goods and Capabilities |
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References |
119 |
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Chapter 7: Social Policy and Justice for Children |
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Introduction |
120 |
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Social Policy, Justice and the Well-Being of Children |
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The Injustice of Child Poverty |
126 |
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Social Policy and the Limits of Justice |
129 |
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References |
131 |
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Chapter 8: The Politics of the Level Playing Field. Equality of Opportunity and Educational Justice |
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Introduction |
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Educational Equality and/or Educational Adequacy |
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Equality of Opportunity: Standard Criticisms |
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Responsibility-Sensitive Egalitarianism, Perfectionist Autonomy and the Justification of Education |
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Equality of Educational Opportunity and the Justification of Education |
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Autonomy and Responsibility in Educational Interaction Orders |
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Responsibility-Sensitive Egalitarianism and Perfectionist Liberalism |
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Conclusion |
152 |
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References |
153 |
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Chapter 9: Child Psychological Abuse, Public Health and Social Justice: The Cinderella Law Debate |
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The Visibility of Child Emotional Abuse: The Cinderella Law Project |
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Some Open Questions on Child Psychological Abuse |
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The State’s Responsibilities: Social Justice and Public Health |
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Child Psychological Abuse and Justice: A Question of Public Health? |
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Conclusion |
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References |
170 |
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Chapter 10: Epistemic Injustice and Children’s Well-Being |
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Introduction |
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From a Justice of the Offender to a Sense of Injustice |
176 |
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Sensing Injustice |
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Children’s Well-Being, Injustice and Trust |
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Epistemic Injustice |
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References |
187 |
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Part III: The Politics of Childhood |
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Chapter 11: Keeping Their Kids: Cultural Minorities and the Lives of Children |
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Introduction |
190 |
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Children and Multiculturalism |
191 |
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The Primary Interest in Continued Existence |
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Individual Permanence and Self-Understanding |
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Into the Future |
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Into the Past |
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The Secondary Interest in Child-Members |
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Objections |
200 |
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Conclusion |
201 |
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References |
201 |
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Chapter 12: Civic Education: Political or Comprehensive? |
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Introduction |
203 |
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Political Versus Comprehensive Approaches to Civic Education |
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The Criteria for Reasonableness |
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Cultivating Reasonableness in Political Liberal Civic Education |
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Inclusive Reasonableness in Civic Education: Cultivating the Respect Criterion |
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Inclusive Reasonableness and Civic Education: Teaching the Burdens of Judgment |
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Restrictive Reasonableness and Civic Education: The Legitimacy Criterion |
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Conclusion |
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References |
221 |
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Chapter 13: “I Can’t Tell You Exactly Who I am …”: The Creation of Childhood and Adulthood in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Short Story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
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The Commonality of Differentiating ‘Childhood’ and ‘Adulthood’ |
223 |
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Setting the Course: Preliminary Notes on the Relation of Literature and Social Theory |
225 |
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A ‘Curious Case’: Reflections on Benjamin Button |
226 |
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The Initial Production of the Child’s (Ab)Normality |
226 |
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Benjamin Button’s Life Between Failure and Success in Producing his Normality |
228 |
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Conclusions |
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One Final Note |
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References |
234 |
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Chapter 14: Education for Autonomy in the Context of Consumer Culture |
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Introduction |
236 |
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Critical Consumer Education |
239 |
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Consumer Aesthetic Education |
242 |
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Conclusion |
247 |
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References |
248 |
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Chapter 15: “My Place”? Catholic Social Teaching and the Politics of Geborgenheit |
249 |
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The Story of Sally Morgan |
249 |
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The Concept of Geborgenheit |
252 |
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Catholic Social Teaching and the Politics of Geborgenheit |
257 |
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Conclusions |
261 |
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References |
263 |
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About the Authors |
265 |
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