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Moral Agendas For Children's Welfare

By Michael King

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
0415180120, 9780415180122, 0415180139, 9780415180139, 9780203004517
LCC
HV715 .M65 1999
Open Library ID
OL367128M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1628431 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
215\215
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

What is morality and how can it be translated into guiding principles for children's welfare? Moral Agendas for Children's Welfare goes behind sensational media headlines to question the meaning of morality and moral responsibility towards children in today's society. It examines the roles played by politics, religion, ethics, aesthetics, law and science in identifying children's needs and rights, and critically analyzes existing child welfare policies. Five sections cover the following agendas: philosophical and psychoanalytical; psychological and sociological; religious; social policy; and child protection. This book raises uncomfortable questions about the moral justifications for current social practices and discusses the problems of how to improve the way that social institutions deal with children so as to make them more responsive to moral principles and judgements on their performance.

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