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The Goods Of Childhood, Children’S Rights, And The Role Of Parents As Advocates And Interpreters, Samantha Brennan
The Goods Of Childhood, Children’S Rights, And The Role Of Parents As Advocates And Interpreters, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Moderate Deontology And Moral Gaps, Samantha Brennan
Moderate Deontology And Moral Gaps, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Taking Responsibility For Children, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle
Taking Responsibility For Children, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Moral Lumps, Samantha Brennan
Moral Lumps, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
Can all goods or bads be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces? Can all goods or bads be added together with some other good or bad to get a larger amount? Further, how does moral significance track the disaggregation and the aggregation of moral goods and bads? In Part 1, I examine the limits placed on aggregation by moderate deontological moral theories. This paper focuses in particular on the work of Judith Thomson and T.M. Scanlon as well as on some of my own past work on the question of aggregation in the context of overriding rights. In Part …
Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did To Action, By Frances Ferguson, Samantha Brennan
Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did To Action, By Frances Ferguson, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Setting The Moral Compass: Essays By Women Moral Philosophers, Edited By Cheshire Calhoun, Samantha Brennan
Setting The Moral Compass: Essays By Women Moral Philosophers, Edited By Cheshire Calhoun, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
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Children's Choices Or Children's Interests: Which Do Their Rights Protect?, Samantha Brennan
Children's Choices Or Children's Interests: Which Do Their Rights Protect?, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
DOI:10.1093/0199242682.003.0004 The often‐posed dichotomy between the interest and choice theory of rights can obfuscate a proper understanding of children's rights. We need a gradualist model in which the grounds for attributing rights to a being change in response to the development of autonomy. Rights for children initially function to protect their interests but, as they develop into full‐fledged autonomous choosers, rights function to ensure that their choices, even those that do not serve their welfare, are respected. Keywords: autonomy, choice theory, development, interest theory, rights, welfare
Morality: Its Meaning And Justification, Bernard Gert, Samantha Brennan
Morality: Its Meaning And Justification, Bernard Gert, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
The Moral Status Of Children: Children's Rights, Parents' Rights, And Family Justice, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle
The Moral Status Of Children: Children's Rights, Parents' Rights, And Family Justice, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
A Question Of Values: New Canadian Perspectives In Ethics And Political Philosophy, Samantha Brennan, Tracy Isaacs, Michael Milde
A Question Of Values: New Canadian Perspectives In Ethics And Political Philosophy, Samantha Brennan, Tracy Isaacs, Michael Milde
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Children's Rights Revisioned: Philosophical Readings, Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Samantha Brennan
Children's Rights Revisioned: Philosophical Readings, Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
An Essay On Rights, Hillel Steiner, Samantha Brennan
An Essay On Rights, Hillel Steiner, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
How Is The Strength Of A Right Determined? Assessing The Harm View, Samantha Brennan
How Is The Strength Of A Right Determined? Assessing The Harm View, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Moral Literacy, Or How To Do The Right Thing, Colin Mcginn, Samantha Brennan
Moral Literacy, Or How To Do The Right Thing, Colin Mcginn, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Philosophical Anarchism And Political Disobedience, Chaim Gans, Samantha Brennan
Philosophical Anarchism And Political Disobedience, Chaim Gans, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
No abstract provided.
Paternalism And Rights, Samantha Brennan