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ERIC Number: EJ093958
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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A Philosophical Justification of Children's Rights
Worsfold, Victor L.
Harvard Educational Review, 44, 1, 142-57, Feb 74
The author discusses the status of children's rights according to various philosophical conceptions of social justice. He describes three traditional paternalist views of children and concludes that, on the whole, they are discouraging in their implications for children. (Editor)
Descriptors: Children, Civil Liberties, Definitions, Evaluation Criteria, Parent Child Relationship, Philosophy
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Identifiers: Hobbes (Thomas); Locke (John); Mill (John Stuart); Rawls (John)