Moral Agendas For Children's Welfare

Book cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1. Introduction......Page 10
2. Images of children and morality......Page 21
3  Moral campaigns for children’s welfare in the nineteenth century......Page 34
4  Liberalism or distributional justice?......Page 50
5  Can child abuse be defined?......Page 66
6  Is male circumcision morally defensible?......Page 78
7  Meditations on parental love......Page 90
8  Justice and childhood......Page 101
9  Moral agendas for psychoanalytic practice with children and families......Page 114
10  With justice in mind......Page 126
11 What is good and bad sex for children?......Page 145
12  Identity, religious fundamentalism and children’s welfare......Page 160
13  Failing children......Page 170
Bibliography......Page 184
Author index......Page 196
Subject index......Page 204