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The well-being of children : philosophical and social scientific approaches / Gottfried Schweiger, Gunter Graf (editions.) ; managing editor: Anna Michalska ; language editors: Sarah Hanagarth, P. Christian Adamski.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open Ltd, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 160 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 3110450526
  • 9783110450514
  • 3110450518
  • 9783110450644
  • 311045064X
  • 9783110450521
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No title; Print version:: Well-Being of Children : Philosophical and Social Scientific Approaches.DDC classification:
  • 305.231 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.9 .W45 2015 BF721
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Conceptualizing Children's Well-Being -- 1 Conceptions of Childhood, Agency and the Well-Being of Children -- 2 Does Welfare Trump Freedom? A NormativeEvaluation of Contextualism about how to PromoteWelfare -- 3 Keeping them in Mind -- 4 The Developmental Capability Model of ChildWell-Being -- 5 Justice and Children's Well-Being andWell-Becoming -- 6 Conceptualising Child versus Adult Well-Being:Schooling and Employment -- 7 Male Circumcision and Children's Interests -- 8 Children's Mental Well-Being and Education -- 9 Will Children of Social Care Services Users beFuture Users? Results of a Pilot Research in Rome -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index.
Summary: Studying and promoting the well-being of children is an interdisciplinary task. Furthermore, it has a strong ethical component, since it is connected to the questions of good life and just society. In this book, philosophers and social scientists approach the issue in close dialogue and shed light on some of the most challenging matters involved.
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Acknowledgments -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Conceptualizing Children's Well-Being -- 1 Conceptions of Childhood, Agency and the Well-Being of Children -- 2 Does Welfare Trump Freedom? A NormativeEvaluation of Contextualism about how to PromoteWelfare -- 3 Keeping them in Mind -- 4 The Developmental Capability Model of ChildWell-Being -- 5 Justice and Children's Well-Being andWell-Becoming -- 6 Conceptualising Child versus Adult Well-Being:Schooling and Employment -- 7 Male Circumcision and Children's Interests -- 8 Children's Mental Well-Being and Education -- 9 Will Children of Social Care Services Users beFuture Users? Results of a Pilot Research in Rome -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index.

Studying and promoting the well-being of children is an interdisciplinary task. Furthermore, it has a strong ethical component, since it is connected to the questions of good life and just society. In this book, philosophers and social scientists approach the issue in close dialogue and shed light on some of the most challenging matters involved.

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