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1 online resource (vii, 193 pages) |
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text file PDF rda |
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Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL)
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Online access: OAPEN DOAB Directory of Open Access Books.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 176-192). |
| Access |
Open access. GW5XE |
| Contents |
Introduction: Philosophy and Child Poverty -- 1. Social Justice for Children -- A Capability Approach -- 1.1. The Currency of Justice -- 1.2. Selecting Functionings and Capabilities for Children -- 1.3. Sufficiency and Equality -- 1.4. Conclusions -- 2. The Injustice of Child Poverty -- 2.1. Concepts and Measures of Child Poverty -- 2.2. The Ill-Being and Ill-Becoming of Child Poverty: Physical and Mental Health -- 2.3. The Ill-Being and Ill-Becoming of Child Poverty: Social Inclusion and Education -- 2.4. The Subjective Experience of Child Poverty -- 2.5. Conclusions -- 3. Responsibilities for Children in Poverty -- 3.1. Attributing Responsibilities to Agents of Justice -- 3.2. Important Agents of Justice and their Responsibilities -- 3.3. The Family and the State -- 3.4. Conclusions -- 4. Advancing our Approach to Global Justice for Children -- 4.1. Conclusions. |
| Summary |
This book is open access under a CCBY license. Child poverty is one of the biggest challenges of today, harming millions of children. In this book, it is investigated from a philosophical social justice perspective, primarily in the context of modern welfare states. Based on both normative theory (particularly the capability approach) and empirical evidence, the authors identify the injustices of child poverty, showing how it negatively affects the well-being of children as well as their whole life course. But child poverty is not 'given by nature'. It is avoidable and there is certainly the moral duty to alleviate it. Therefore, Graf and Schweiger develop a normative theory of responsibilities, which clarifies the moral role of different agents in the poor child's environment -- the family, the state and many others, that have so far been neglected in philosophical theories. They conclude their book by sketching how their theory can be extended to global child poverty and what it means to show equal respect and concern for every child -- no matter where and in which context they were born. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Local Note |
Promoted: Local to Global Cooperative Springer Open Access eBooks |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Child welfare.
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Poor children -- Social conditions.
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Poverty.
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Social justice.
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Ethics & moral philosophy.
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Social & political philosophy.
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Poverty & unemployment.
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Child welfare.
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Child welfare. (OCoLC)fst00854709
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Poor children -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01071201
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Poverty. (OCoLC)fst01074093
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Social justice. (OCoLC)fst01122603
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Fattiga barn -- etik och moral.
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Ethics & moral philosophy.
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Social & political philosophy.
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Poverty & unemployment.
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Child welfare.
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Philosophy.
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| Indexed Term |
Child Poverty, Social Justice, Political Philosophy, Capability Approach. |
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Kinderarmut, soziale Gerechtigkeit, Politische Philosophie, Capability Approach. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Graf, Gunter, 1983- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schweiger, Gottfried. Philosophical examination of social justice and child poverty 9781137426017 (DLC) 2015002672 (OCoLC)902659423 |
| ISBN |
9781137426024 (electronic book) |
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1137426020 (electronic book) |
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9781137426017 (electronic book) |
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1137426012 (electronic book) |
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9781349490677 (print) |
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1349490679 (print) |
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9781137559463 (softcover) |
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1137559462 (softcover) |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-137-42602-4 doi |
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