The Ethics of Parenthood
By: Norvin Richards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780199731749
Description: Norvin Richards explores the moral relationship between parents and children from slightly before the cradle to before the grave. Richards maintains that biological parents do have a right to raise their children, not as a property right but as an instance of our general right to continue whatever we have begun.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The rights of biological parents; title: Who has parent rights?; title: Whose child is this?; title: Abuse, neglect, and the state; title: The autonomy of children; title: Raising a child; title: Moral education; title: Bad behavior; title: Loving one another; title: Having grown children; title: Filial obligations; title: The graceful exit.