Anca Gheaus - The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children

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i THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHILDHOOD AND CHILDREN

Childhood looms large in our understanding of human life, as a phase through which all adults have passed. Childhood is foundational to the development of selfhood, the formation of interests, values and skills and to the lifespan as a whole. Understanding what it is like to be a child, and what differences childhood makes, is thus essential for any broader understanding of the human condition. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children is an outstanding reference source for the key topics, problems and debates in this crucial and exciting field, and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into five parts:

Being a child

Childhood and moral status

Parents and children

Children in society

Children and the state.

Questions covered include: What is a child? Is childhood a uniquely valuable state and, if so, why? Can we generalize about the goods of childhood? What rights do children have, and are they different from adults rights? What (if anything) gives people a right to parent? What role, if any, ought biology to play in determining who has the right to parent a particular child? What kind of rights can parents legitimately exercise over their children? What roles do relationships with siblings and friends play in the shaping of childhoods? How should we think about sexuality and disability in childhood, and about racialized children? How should society manage the education of children? How are childrens lives affected by being taken into social care?

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Childhood and Children is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of childhood, political philosophy and ethics, as well as those in related disciplines such as education, psychology, sociology, social policy, law, social work, youth work, neuroscience and anthropology.

Anca Gheaus is a Ramon y Cajal researcher at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

Gideon Calder is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Social Policy at Swansea University, UK.

Jurgen De Wispelaere is Political Economy Research Fellow with the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) and a Policy Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, UK.

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iii THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHILDHOOD AND CHILDREN

Edited by Anca Gheaus, Gideon Calder and Jurgen De Wispelaere

iv First published 2019

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v As editors, we dedicate this handbook to

My father Puiu and the memory of my mother Doina (Anca)

My siblings Rachel, Gowan and Douglas (Gideon)

My late mother, Yvette (Jurgen)

vii CONTENTS

Anca Gheaus

Fabrice Clment and Melissa Koenig

M. J. Cain

Suparna Choudhury and Nancy Ferranti

Jonathan Fineberg

Jana Mohr Lone

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Agnieszka Jaworska and Julie Tannenbaum

Patrick Tomlin

Anthony Skelton

Robert Noggle

Sarah Hannan

Kalle Grill

David Archard

Christine Overall

Anca Gheaus

Colin M. Macleod

Jonathan Seglow

Daniela Cutas

Carolyn McLeod and Andrew Botterell

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Jurgen De Wispelaere and Daniel Weinstock

Amy Mullin

Diane Jeske

Albert Atkin

Gideon Calder and Amy Mullin

Jennifer Epp and Samantha Brennan

Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka

Philip Cook

Mianna Lotz

Lars Lindblom

Matthew Clayton

Serena Olsaretti

Gina Schouten

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Gideon Calder

Havi Carel, Gene Feder and Gita Gyorffy

Ludvig Beckman

Christopher Bennett

Ccile Fabre

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David Archard is Professor of Philosophy at Queens University, Belfast, UK, having previously taught at the Universities of Ulster, St Andrews and Lancaster. He has published extensively in applied ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of law.

Albert Atkin is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and member of the Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE) at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He is interested in race and racism, pragmatism, language and epistemology. He is the author of numerous articles and two books: