Justice, Education and the Politics of Childhood

Part I. Children and Childhood: Autonomy, Well-Being and Paternalism

1. Constructing Children’s Rights
Colin M. Macleod

2. Future-Oriented Paternalism and the Intrinsic Goods of Childhood
Alexander Bagattini

3. Who Gets to Decide? Children’s Competence, Parental Authority, and Informed Consent
Allyn Fives

4. Capacity, Consistency and the Young
Nicholas John Munn

5. Eating Disorders in Minors and the Role of the Media. An Ethical Investigation
Christoph Schickhardt

Part II. Justice for Children

6. Equality of What for Children
Lars Lindblom

7. Social Policy and Justice for Children
Gottfried Schweiger, Gunter Graf

8. The Politics of the Level Playing Field. Equality of Opportunity and Educational Justice
Johannes Drerup

9. Child Psychological Abuse, Public Health and Social Justice: The Cinderella Law Debate
Mar Cabezas

10. Epistemic Injustice and Children’s Well-Being
Christina Schües

Part III. The Politics of Childhood

11. Keeping Their Kids: Cultural Minorities and the Lives of Children
Josephine Nielsen

12. Civic Education: Political or Comprehensive?
Elizabeth Edenberg

13. “I Can’t Tell You Exactly Who I am …”: The Creation of Childhood and Adulthood in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Short Story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nicole Balzer

14. Education for Autonomy in the Context of Consumer Culture
Phillip D. Th. Knobloch

15. “My Place”? Catholic Social Teaching and the Politics of Geborgenheit

Clemens Sedmak

Keywords: Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Educational Philosophy, Child Well-being, Philosophy of Education