Auf welche konkreten und gesellschaftlich relevanten Fragestellungen lasst sich der von Amartya Sen und Martha Nussbaum formulierte "Capability Approach" anwenden? Eignet er sich als Grundlage fur Studien und Projekte, die sich mit der Konzeptualisierung und Minderung von Kinderarmut beschaftigen? Die Autorinnen und Autoren gehen diesen Fragen aus unterschiedlichen fachlichen Perspektiven nach und zeigen das Potential des Ansatzes auf. Dabei werden sowohl seine theoretischen Grundlagen reflektiert als auch methodische Herausforderungen aufgegriffen, die bei seiner Anwendung auftreten.
Auf welche konkreten und gesellschaftlich relevanten Fragestellungen lasst sich der von Amartya Sen und Martha Nussbaum formulierte "Capability App...
This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of child poverty, relates them to the well-being of children, and discusses who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children.
This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of ...
This volume contributes to the ongoing interdisciplinary controversies about the moral, legal and political status of children and childhood. It comprises essays by scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds on diverse theoretical problems and public policy controversies that bear upon different facets of the life of children in contemporary liberal democracies. The book is divided into three major parts that are each organized around a common general theme. The first part ("Children and Childhood: Autonomy, Well-Being and Paternalism") focusses on key concepts of an ethics of...
This volume contributes to the ongoing interdisciplinary controversies about the moral, legal and political status of children and childhood. It co...
Studying and promoting the well-being of children is an interdisciplinary task. Furthermore, it has a strong ethical component, since it is connected to the questions of good life and just society. In this book, philosophers and social scientists approach the issue in close dialogue and shed light on some of the most challenging matters involved.
Studying and promoting the well-being of children is an interdisciplinary task. Furthermore, it has a strong ethical component, since it is connect...
This book addresses the endangerment of children's bodies in affluent societies. Bodily integrity is an important part of a child's physical and mental well-being, but it can also be violated through various threats during childhood; not only affecting physical health but also causing mental damage and leading to distortions in the development of the self. The authors give an account of three areas, which present different serious dangers: (1) body and eating, (2) body and sexuality, and (3) body and violence. Through an in-depth examination of the available theoretical and...
This book addresses the endangerment of children's bodies in affluent societies. Bodily integrity is an important part of a child's physica...
