Equality of Resources and Procreative Justice

Casal, Paula; Williams, Andrew

doi:10.1002/9780470996386.ch9

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“…There are several ways in which the phrase ‘the good enough upbringing’ may be used, but not all are relevant for my purposes. For example, one could argue that the costs of a good enough upbringing might be shared by non-parents as well as parents and one might argue that a parent does not derive any well-being from parenting unless she does so with minimal proficiency, including providing a good enough upbringing (For discussion of sharing the costs of upbringing see Casal and Williams 2004; George 1987; Olsaretti 2013; Tomlin 2015). The account of a good enough upbringing I defend is not intended to play either of these roles, important though they are.…”

Section: Devising An Account Of the Good Enough Upbringingmentioning

confidence: 99%

How bad can a good enough parent be?

Shields

2016

Can. J. of Philosophy

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Almost everyone accepts that parents must provide a good enough upbringing in order to retain custodial rights over children, but little has been said about how that level should be set. In this paper, I examine ways of specifying a good enough upbringing. I argue that the two dominant ways of setting this level, the Best Interests and Abuse and Neglect Views, are mistaken. I defend the Dual Comparative View, which holds that an upbringing is good enough when shortfalls from the best alternative upbringing in terms of the child's interests are no more significant than the parents' interest.

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Section: Devising An Account Of the Good Enough Upbringingmentioning

confidence: 99%

How bad can a good enough parent be?

Shields

2016

Can. J. of Philosophy

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“…Before we outline our own theory, let us briefly comment on one of the few philosophical debates that has emerged on the topic of responsibilities towards children and why we connect our argument only loosely to it and build it mainly on other approaches to responsibilities which have not so far addressed the specific case of children. The debate we have in mind addresses whether there is a responsibility among all adult members of a society (parents and nonparents alike) to share the costs arising from having children and parenting (George 1987;Vallentyne 2002;Casal and Williams 2004;Olsaretti 2013). This issue is a matter of controversy in the literature, but there seems to be a good argument in favor of the pro-sharing argument in terms of the contributions children make, on average and in the long run, to the welfare of a society.…”

Section: Responsibilities For Children In Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty

Schweiger¹,

Graf²

2015

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List of Tables vi Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Philosophy and Child Poverty 1 Social Justice for Children-A Capability Approach 1.1 The currency of justice 1.2 Selecting functionings and capabilities for children 1.3 Sufficiency and equality 1.4 Conclusions 2 The Injustice of Child Poverty 2.1 Concepts and measures of child poverty 2.2 The Ill-Being and Ill-Becoming of child poverty: physical and mental health 2.3 The Ill-Being and Ill-Becoming of child poverty: social inclusion and education 2.4 The subjective experience of child poverty 2.5 Conclusions 3 Responsibilities for Children in Poverty 3.1 Attributing responsibilities to agents of justice 3.2 Important agents of justice and their responsibilities 3.3 The family and the state 3.4 Conclusions 4 Advancing Our Approach to Global Justice for Children 4.1 Conclusions

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“…Even the existence of men is a pure luxury; and if the worker is 'ethical', he will be sparing in procreation". More recently Paula Casal and Andrew Williams (1995) convincingly argue that procreation may cause a public bad, since adding another human being to the planet will only worsen resource scarcities, in which case it may be legitimate to tax those who have children (See also Casal and Williams 2004). It may seem counterintuitive to classify having a baby as a luxury, since procreation is an integral part of the natural cycle, and what is natural cannot be a luxury.…”

Section: Procreationsmentioning

confidence: 99%