Ethics in Light of Childhood

Informationen zum Autor John Wall is an associate professor of religion! with a joint appointment in childhood studies! at Rutgers University. He is the author of Moral Creativity! and coeditor of Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought and Marriage! Health and the Professions! as well as the forthcoming Children and Armed Conflict. He was also the coeditor of a nine-volume book series! Religion! Marriage! and Family. Klappentext Ethics in Light of Childhood fundamentally reimagines ethical thought and practice in light of the experiences of the third of humanity who are children. Much like humanism! feminism! womanism! and environmentalism! Wall argues! a new childism is required that transforms moral thinking! relations! and societies in fundamental ways. Wall explores childhood's varied impacts on ethical thinking throughout history! advances the emerging interdisciplinary field of childhood studies! and reexamines basic assumptions in contemporary moral theory and practice. In the process! he does not just apply ethics to childhood but applies childhood to ethics--in order to imagine a more expansive humanity. Zusammenfassung Childhood faces humanity with its own deepest and most perplexing questions. This title reimagines ethical thought and practice in light of the experiences of the third of humanity who are children. It argues that a different childism is required that transforms moral thinking! relations! and societies in fundamental ways. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I. History 1. Three Enduring Models Part II. Theory 2. What is Human Being? 3. What Is the Ethical Aim? 4. What Is Owed Each Other? Part III. Practice 5. Human Rights in Light of Childhood 6. The Generative Family 7. The Art of Ethical Thinking Conclusion Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: John Wall, Wall John
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2010
• EAN: 9781589016927
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-692-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Ethics in Light of Childhood; Ethics in Light of Childhood
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Age groups: children