Part analysis of philosophical views on children across ancient, modern, and contemporary thought, suggesting implications for understanding contemporary childhood issues.
Part 1 Ancient children: Socrates's children, Gareth B. Matthews Aristotle's children - formation through Genesis, Oikos and Polis, Daryl Tress. Part 2 Modern children: Thomas Hobbes's children - the emergence of reason and the emergence of rights, Peter O. King John Locke's children, David Archard Immanuel Kant's children - Kant and the family, Arnuf Zweig John Stuart Mill's children - liberalism and the school of obedience, Susan M. Turner. Part 3 Twentieth-century children: Ludwig Wittgenstein's children, Phil Shields John Rawls's children - their moral status, Samantha Brennan and Robert Noggle.
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Susan M. Turner (1998) studied this question.
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