What abolishing the family would not do

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• dc.contributor.author Gheaus, Ancaca
• dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-03T10:52:28Z
• dc.date.issued 2018
• dc.description.abstract Because families disrupt fair patterns of distribution and, in particular, equality of opportunity, egalitarians believe that the institution of the family needs to be defended at the bar of justice. In their recent book, Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift have argued that the moral gains of preserving the family outweigh its moral costs. Yet, I claim that the egalitarian case for abolishing the family has been over-stated due to a failure to consider how alternatives to the family would also disturb fair distributions and, in particular, equality of opportunity. Absent the family, children would continue to be exposed to care-givers of different levels of ability, investment in childrearing and beneficial partiality. In addition, social mechanisms other than the family would lead to the accumulation of economic inequalities. Any kind of upbringing will fail to realise equality for reasons that go deeper than the family: our partiality and unequal abilities to nurture.
• dc.description.sponsorship This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme (Grant Agreement Number: 648610).
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• dc.identifier.citation Gheaus A. What abolishing the family would not do. Crit Rev Int Soc Polit Philos. 2018;21(3): 284-300. DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2017.1398449
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2017.1398449
• dc.identifier.issn 1369-8230
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34279
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)ca
• dc.relation.ispartof Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 2018;21(3):284-300
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• dc.rights © Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in "Gheaus A. What abolishing the family would not do. Crit Rev Int Soc Polit Philos. 2018;21(3):284-300". Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy is available online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13698230.2017.1398449
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• dc.subject.keyword Familyen
• dc.subject.keyword Equality of opportunityen
• dc.subject.keyword Upbringingen
• dc.subject.keyword Partialityen
• dc.subject.keyword Careen
• dc.title What abolishing the family would not doca
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