Children's Rights with Endogenous Fertility
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This paper uses hypothetical contractarianism to consider the value of children�s rights laws as a means of protecting children. Laws protecting children from their parents have the unintended but predictable consequence of making child-rearing less desirable for some parents and thereby reducing the number of children born. Such laws therefore produce a trade-off between the expected wellbeing of actual and possible persons. I show that a possible child behind an appropriate veil of ignorance...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Brad | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:25:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-08T22:25:31Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1869-778X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/33469 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper uses hypothetical contractarianism to consider the value of children�s rights laws as a means of protecting children. Laws protecting children from their parents have the unintended but predictable consequence of making child-rearing less desirable for some parents and thereby reducing the number of children born. Such laws therefore produce a trade-off between the expected wellbeing of actual and possible persons. I show that a possible child behind an appropriate veil of ignorance may rationally oppose laws which benefit some and harm no actual children | |
dc.publisher | Frankfurt School Verlag, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management | |
dc.source | Rationality, Markets and Morals | |
dc.title | Children's Rights with Endogenous Fertility | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 5 | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 180114 - Human Rights Law | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | U5511365xPUB102 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Taylor, Brad, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 87 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 93 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 119 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 949999 - Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-12-20T07:37:23Z | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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