دانلود کتاب Having Children: Philosophical and Legal Reflections on Parenthood

When should people have children, and when not? Who should care for children, and how? What rights do parents have in child rearing? What claims may children make on their parents? What are the grounds of State intervention in family life? Do mothers and fathers have distinct duties? What do grown children owe their parents?This anthology of thirty-two essays and legal decisions addresses these and other questions which perplex parents, possible parents, and those educators, lawyers, health and social workers who make decisions about children's lives.Many of the articles were written especially for this collection or for symposia organized by the editors for the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs. There are selections from Locke, Rousseau, and John Stuart Mill, as well as court opinions, reviews of current legal decisions, and an annotated table of cases bearing on parenthood.The first section examines the dilemmas people often face in deciding to become parents—dilemmas posed by over-population, abortion legislation, genetic counselling and engineering. The second section explores parental duties and liberties, child abuse, foster care, and the division of responsibilities between mothers and fathers. A third section of essays and court opinions considers limits on educational authority, the emancipation—moral, legal and psychological—of children from those who have cared for and controlled them, and the filial duties of grown children. The editors provide introductions to each section and selection.