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Chapter 12, "Fundamentally Incompetent: Homophobia, Religion And The Right To Parent,", Samantha Brennan, Colin Mcleod Dec 2015

Chapter 12, "Fundamentally Incompetent: Homophobia, Religion And The Right To Parent,", Samantha Brennan, Colin Mcleod

Samantha Brennan

Fundamentally Incompetent: Homophobia, Religion and the Right to Parent
 
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Samantha Brennan, Western University, sbrennan@uwo.ca
Colin Macleod, University of Victoria, cmacleod@uvic.ca
 
What happens when the expression of parental values in child rearing runs contrary to the claim of children to be loved and respected by parents?  This chapter asks whether parents who hold, and seek to express, attitudes and beliefs that are contemptuous of sexual minorities are competent parents. We argue that homophobic views held by parents can pose a serious threat to the well-being of children and that adults who harbour such views fall below the …


Miss Piggy's Feminism: Redefining Human Relationships Through Martial Arts, Samantha Brennan Jun 2015

Miss Piggy's Feminism: Redefining Human Relationships Through Martial Arts, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Children’S Rights, Well-Being, And Sexual Agency, Samantha Brennan, Jennifer Epp Dec 2014

Children’S Rights, Well-Being, And Sexual Agency, Samantha Brennan, Jennifer Epp

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


The Goods Of Childhood, Children’S Rights, And The Role Of Parents As Advocates And Interpreters, Samantha Brennan Dec 2013

The Goods Of Childhood, Children’S Rights, And The Role Of Parents As Advocates And Interpreters, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


The Moral Status Of Micro-Inequities: In Favour Of Institutional Solutions, Samantha Brennan Dec 2013

The Moral Status Of Micro-Inequities: In Favour Of Institutional Solutions, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

This chapter is about micro-inequities and their connection to the problem of implicit bias. It begins by defining micro-inequities, goes on to discuss what makes them wrong and what solutions might be appropriate given the institutional context in which they occur.


Bioethics In Canada, Charles Weijer, Anthony Skelton, Samantha Brennan Dec 2012

Bioethics In Canada, Charles Weijer, Anthony Skelton, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

This comprehensive introduction to bioethical issues emphasizes Canadian policies, issues, and scholars. Using the human lifespan as an organizing narrative, Bioethics in Canada explores ethical theories through a diverse selection of readings discussing traditional and cutting-edge topics in the field.

Readership : Bioethics in Canada is a core text for bioethics courses, generally offered in second- or third-year through philosophy departments at Canadian universities.

http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780195440157.html


Rethinking The Moral Significance Of Micro-Inequities: The Case Of Women In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan Dec 2012

Rethinking The Moral Significance Of Micro-Inequities: The Case Of Women In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


How Many Parents Can A Child Have? Philosophical Reflections On The "Three Parent Case", Samantha Brennan, Bill Cameron Dec 2012

How Many Parents Can A Child Have? Philosophical Reflections On The "Three Parent Case", Samantha Brennan, Bill Cameron

Samantha Brennan

This paper explores the question of how many parents a child can have in light of the creation of alternative models of family.


The Common Structure Of Thresholds For Rights And Thresholds For Options, Samantha Brennan Dec 2012

The Common Structure Of Thresholds For Rights And Thresholds For Options, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

This paper will assume that both rights and options have thresholds. That is to say, I assume rights and options are not absolute. The threshold of a right or an option is the point at which it can be justifiably overridden. If we think that the moral theory which best captures commonsense morality is a version of deontological ethics, the moral theory to which this paper stands to make a contribution is moderate deontology in that the rights and options it contains are moderate versions of rights and options. The question on which it will focus is whether thresholds for …


The Broadview Anthology Of Social And Political Thought: Essential Readings, Andrew Bailey, Samantha Brennan, Will Kymlicka, Jacob Levy, Alex Sager, Clark Wolf Jan 2012

The Broadview Anthology Of Social And Political Thought: Essential Readings, Andrew Bailey, Samantha Brennan, Will Kymlicka, Jacob Levy, Alex Sager, Clark Wolf

Samantha Brennan

"This volume features a careful selection of major works in political and social philosophy from ancient times through to the present. Every reading has been painstakingly annotated, and each figure is given a substantial introduction highlighting his or her major contribution to the tradition. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Thirty-two authors are represented, including fourteen from the 20th century. The editors have made every effort to include translations that are both readable and reliable." (From online book description)


Rethinking The Moral Significance Of Micro-Inequities: The Case Of Women In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan Dec 2011

Rethinking The Moral Significance Of Micro-Inequities: The Case Of Women In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Those Shoes Are Definitely Bicurious: More Thoughts On The Politics Of Fashion, Samantha Brennan Dec 2011

Those Shoes Are Definitely Bicurious: More Thoughts On The Politics Of Fashion, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Feminism, Samantha Brennan Dec 2011

Feminism, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Sexual Equality, Samantha Brennan Dec 2011

Sexual Equality, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Fashion And Sexual Identity, Or Why Recognition Matters, Samantha Brennan Dec 2010

Fashion And Sexual Identity, Or Why Recognition Matters, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Philosophy And Death: Introductory Readings, Samantha Brennan, Robert Stainton Dec 2009

Philosophy And Death: Introductory Readings, Samantha Brennan, Robert Stainton

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Moderate Deontology And Moral Gaps, Samantha Brennan Nov 2009

Moderate Deontology And Moral Gaps, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Feminist Ethics And Everyday Inequalities, Samantha Brennan Dec 2008

Feminist Ethics And Everyday Inequalities, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

How should feminist philosophers regard the inequalities that structure the lives of women? Some of these inequalities are trivial and others are not; together they form a framework of unequal treatment that shapes women's lives. This paper asks what priority we should give inequalities that affect women; it critically analyzes Claudia Card's view that feminists ought to give evils priority. Sometimes ending gender-based inequalities is the best route to eliminating gender-based evil.


Creating A Warmer Environment For Women In The Mathematical Sciences And In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan, Rob Corless Dec 2008

Creating A Warmer Environment For Women In The Mathematical Sciences And In Philosophy, Samantha Brennan, Rob Corless

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


The Broadview Anthology Of Social And Political Thought, Volume 2: The Twentieth Century And Beyond, Andrew Bailey, Samantha Brennan, Will Kymlicka, Jacob Levy, Alex Sager, Clark Wolf Sep 2008

The Broadview Anthology Of Social And Political Thought, Volume 2: The Twentieth Century And Beyond, Andrew Bailey, Samantha Brennan, Will Kymlicka, Jacob Levy, Alex Sager, Clark Wolf

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Taking Responsibility For Children, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle Dec 2007

Taking Responsibility For Children, Samantha Brennan, Robert Noggle

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Challenging Liberalism: Feminism As Political Critique. By Lisa H. Schwartzman, Samantha Brennan Dec 2007

Challenging Liberalism: Feminism As Political Critique. By Lisa H. Schwartzman, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Responsibility And Children’S Rights: The Case For Restricting Parental Smoking, Samantha Brennan, Angela White Dec 2007

Responsibility And Children’S Rights: The Case For Restricting Parental Smoking, Samantha Brennan, Angela White

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Moral Lumps, Samantha Brennan May 2006

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 Dec 2005

Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did To Action, By Frances Ferguson, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Is Death’S Badness Gendered? Symposium On Christine Overall’S Book Aging, Death And Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry, Samantha Brennan Dec 2005

Is Death’S Badness Gendered? Symposium On Christine Overall’S Book Aging, Death And Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Feminist Philosophers Turn Their Thoughts To Death, Samantha Brennan Dec 2005

Feminist Philosophers Turn Their Thoughts To Death, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Setting The Moral Compass: Essays By Women Moral Philosophers, Edited By Cheshire Calhoun, Samantha Brennan Sep 2005

Setting The Moral Compass: Essays By Women Moral Philosophers, Edited By Cheshire Calhoun, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Feminist Philosophy In The Analytic Tradition, Anita Superson, Samantha Brennan Dec 2004

Feminist Philosophy In The Analytic Tradition, Anita Superson, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


The Liberal Rights Of Feminist Liberalism, Samantha Brennan Dec 2003

The Liberal Rights Of Feminist Liberalism, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.