Children's vulnerability and legitimate authority over children

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• dc.contributor.author Gheaus, Ancaca
• dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-03T10:52:33Z
• dc.date.issued 2018
• dc.description.abstract Children's vulnerability gives rise to duties of justice towards children and determines when authority over them is legitimately exercised. I argue for two claims. First, children's general vulnerability to objectionable dependency on their caregivers entails that they have a right not to be subject to monopolies of care, and therefore determines the structure of legitimate authority over them. Second, children's vulnerability to the loss of some special goods of childhood determines the content of legitimate authority over them. My interest is in the so‐far little‐discussed goods of engaging in world discovery, artistic creation, philosophical pursuits and experimentation with one's self. I call these ‘special goods of childhood’ because individuals, in general, only have full access to them during childhood and they make a distinctive and weighty contribution to wellbeing. Therefore, they are part of the metric of justice towards children. The overall conclusion is that we ought to make good institutional care part of every child's upbringing.en
• 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. Children's vulnerability and legitimate authority over children. J Appl Philos. 2018;35(S1):60-75. DOI: 10.1111/japp.12262
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/japp.12262
• dc.identifier.issn 0264-3758
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34280
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Wileyca
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Applied Philosophy. 2018;35(S1):60-75
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/648610
• dc.rights This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Gheaus A. Children's vulnerability and legitimate authority over children. J Appl Philos. 2018;35(S1): 60-75", which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/japp.12262. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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• dc.subject.other Infants -- Situació legal, lleis, etc.
• dc.title Children's vulnerability and legitimate authority over childrenca
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