Parenting and the Goods of Childhood

Luara Ferracioli argues that parents have a moral right to parent, that the liberal state should play a role in creating families, and that prospective parents should be allowed to create children in a world facing a changing climate and full of parentless children. She also argues that procreative and adoptive parenting enjoy equal moral standing and that the liberal state should make adoption more desirable and feasible. Finally, she provides a partial theory of childrearing that focuses on the goods of childhood that parents are primarily responsible for fostering.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 07 November 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

The moral right to parent is a complex and multifaceted concept that has been debated for centuries. In this book, Luara Ferracioli offers a fresh perspective on the issue by examining the unique role of parents in shaping their children's lives, regardless of whether there is a biological connection between them. Ferracioli argues that the parent-child relationship remains valuable even after the child reaches adulthood, and that the liberal state should play a role in creating families.

Ferracioli also explores the distinction between procreative and adoptive parenting, arguing that both forms of parenting enjoy equal moral standing. However, she believes that justice towards children requires that the liberal state make adoption more desirable and feasible for its citizens.

The book provides a partial theory of childrearing that focuses on the goods of childhood that parents are primarily responsible for fostering: carefreeness, enjoyment-driven or curiosity-driven achievement, and friendship. Ferracioli argues that these goods are essential for the development of children and that parents have a moral obligation to promote them.

Overall, this book offers a thought-provoking exploration of the moral right to parent and the role of the liberal state in creating families. It provides a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate about the importance of parenting and the role of the state in supporting families.

Weight: 360g
Dimension: 216 x 145 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197612705