Is There a Right to Parent?

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This paper examines Harry Brighouse’s and Adam Swift’s attempt to justify the family by appeal to the interests of both children and parents. According to their dual-interest account, adults’ interest in parenting plays a role in explaining why less than optimal parents can exercise legitimate authority over children. I analyze this claim and raise doubts about the existence of any fundamental right, which is non-derivative from children’s own interests, to parent understood as a right to control the child.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)193-204
JournalLaw, Ethics and Philosophy
Volume3
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

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