RT Article
T1 Children, Paternalism and the Development of Autonomy
JF Ethical theory and moral practice
VO 17
IS 3
SP 413
OP 426
A1 Mullin, Amy
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785698192
AB This paper addresses the issue of paternalism in child-rearing. Since the parent–child relationship seems to be the linguistic source of the concept, one may be tempted to assume that raising a child represents a particularly appropriate sphere for paternalism. The parent–child relationship is generally understood as a relationship that is supposed to promote the development and autonomy-formation of the child, so that the apparent source of the concept is a form of autonomy-oriented paternalism. Far from taking paternalism to be overtly unproblematic in such paradigmatic, pedagogical settings, this article analyzes how an effort should be made to understand a child’s capacities and which standards parents should be held to when deciding whether interference truly serves the child’s interests.
K1 Autonomy-oriented paternalism
K1 Parent–child relationship
K1 Children
K1 Paternalism
K1 Autonomy
DO 10.1007/s10677-013-9453-0