Children: Rights and Childhood (Ideas)

by David Archard (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.60

  Whether children have rights is a debate that in recent years has spilled over into all areas of public life. It has never been more topical than now as the assumed rights of parents over their children is challenged on an almost daily basis. David Archard offers the first serious and sustained philosophical examination of children and their rights. Archard reviews the arguments for and against according children rights. He concludes that every child has at least the right to the best possible upbringing. Denying that parents have any significant rights over their children, he is able to challenge current thinking about the proper roles of state and family in rearing children. Crucially, he considers the problem of how to define and understand child abuse'. Children: Rights and childhood is an important book for all students and specialists interested in questions concerning children.