The Family: Ethics and Policy (2)

Abstract

The family is central to contemporary social, political and moral horizons, and yet its profile in political theory remains comparatively marginal and sporadic. It will feature in debates about children, procreation, and the rights and obligations of relatives – but often incidentally, rather than as a focal point in its own right. And yet, as feminist and other political theorists have argued, due consideration of the nature, scope and functions of family life seems crucial to an adequate account of social justice, and to an understanding of the normative contours of contemporary social life. These two panels -- The Family: Ethics and Policy (1) and (2) -- focus on the relationship between the family, ethics and contemporary policy. Issues covered include government initiatives to promote childbearing, investment in early childhood care, the aims of early childhood education, the family's roles in alleviating poverty and reinforcing inter-generational inequalities, surrogate motherhood, solo reproduction, the scope of parental autonomy and the gendered division of household labour.

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