Children as negative externalities?

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• dc.contributor.author Olsaretti, Serenaca
• dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-21T10:40:58Z
• dc.date.available 2018-03-21T10:40:58Z
• dc.date.issued 2017
• dc.description.abstract Egalitarian theories assume, without defending it, the view that the costs of children should be shared between non-parents and parents. This standard position is called into question by the Parental Provision view. Drawing on the familiar idea that people should be held responsible for the consequences of their choices, the Parental Provision view holds that under certain conditions egalitarian justice requires parents to pay for the full costs of their children, as it would be unfair for non-parents to bear the negative externalities of others’ choices to have children. This article examines closely the Parental Provision view and argues that various possible justifications for it are unsuccessful. In so doing, it brings to light respects in which the choice to have and rear children is special and may not be treated as being on a par with other choices for which we think people should be held responsible.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).
• dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
• dc.identifier.citation Olsaretti S. Children as negative externalities? Pol Phil Econ. 2017;16(2): 152-73. DOI: 10.1177/1470594X17706671
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470594X17706671
• dc.identifier.issn 1470-594X
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34227
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publicationsca
• dc.relation.ispartof Politics, Philosophy & Economics. 2017;16(2): 152-73
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/648610
• dc.rights The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 16/2, 05/2017 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2017
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword Family justiceen
• dc.subject.keyword Parental justiceen
• dc.subject.keyword Procreationen
• dc.subject.keyword Costs of childrenen
• dc.subject.keyword Overpopulationen
• dc.subject.keyword Egalitarian justice and childrenen
• dc.subject.keyword Parental provisionen
• dc.subject.keyword Responsibility for childrenen
• dc.title Children as negative externalities?ca
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion