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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809067503321

Autore

Wall John <1965->

Titolo

Ethics in light of childhood / / John Wall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-58901-624-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

170.83

Soggetti

Ethics

Children

Moral development

Child welfare - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Three enduring models -- What is human being? -- What is the ethical aim? -- What is owed each other? -- Human rights in light of childhood -- The generative family -- The art of ethical thinking.

Sommario/riassunto

Childhood faces humanity with its own deepest and most perplexing questions. An ethics that truly includes the world's childhoods would transcend pre-modern traditional communities and modern rational autonomy with a postmodern aim of growing responsib