Lexington Books
Pages: 212
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-0695-3 • Hardback • December 2016 • $103.00 • (£79.00)
978-1-4985-0696-0 • eBook • December 2016 • $97.50 • (£75.00)
Dennis Arjo is professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Johnson County Community College.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Fiduciary Model and Its Limits
Chapter 2: Political Philosophy and Childrearing
Chapter 3: Child Psychology and the Case of Lawrence Kohlberg
Chapter 4: Beyond Liberalism
Professor Arjo’s monograph is at once a welcome, highly readable introduction to the philosophical problems that arise in liberal parenting, as well as a lucid, thorough, and closely argued defense of limited enrollment of children into religious or other comprehensive doctrines. The inclusion of work in Confucian philosophy is especially welcome. This book will be required reading for my students working in areas of philosophy of education, political theory, and the philosophy of children’s rights.
— Jeff Morgan, University of the Fraser Valley