Children’s rights with endogenous fertility
Article
Article Title | Children’s rights with endogenous fertility |
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ERA Journal ID | 201436 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Taylor, Brad R. |
Journal Title | Rationality, Markets and Morals |
Journal Citation | 5, pp. 93-119 |
Number of Pages | 27 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Germany |
ISSN | 1869-778X |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.rmm-journal.de/downloads/Article_Taylor.pdf |
Abstract | This paper uses hypothetical contractarianism to consider the value of children’s rights laws as a means of protecting children. Laws protecting children from their parents have the unintended but predictable consequence of making child-rearing less desirable for some parents and thereby reducing the number of children born. Such laws therefore produce a trade-off between the expected wellbeing of actual and possible persons. I show that a possible child behind an appropriate veil of ignorance may rationally oppose laws which benefit some and harm no actual children. |
Keywords | contractarianism; axiological possibilism; normative population theory; children’s rights |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440811. Political theory and political philosophy |
500101. Bioethics | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Commerce |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q33vy/children-s-rights-with-endogenous-fertility
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