The Well-Being of Children : Philosophical and Social Scientific Approaches

This volume explores the questions related to the theory, practice, and policy of the well-being and well-becoming of children. It does so in a truly interdisciplinary way with a focus on the social sciences and philosophy, giving therefore justice to the growing insight that studying and promoting the well-being of children has a strong ethical component. It is dependent on the questions of good life, its conditions and cannot be separated from the concept of social justice and moral entitlements of children and their families. In this book, philosophers and social scientists, in close dialogue, shed light on some of the most challenging matters involved. decision-making as process; integration of historical and social science findings; cognitive anf affective input Acknowledgments Preface List of Contributors Introduction: Conceptualizing Children’s Well-Being 1 Conceptions of Childhood, Agency and the Well-Being of Children 2 Does Welfare Trump Freedom? A NormativeEvaluation of Contextualism about how to PromoteWelfare 3 Keeping them in Mind 4 The Developmental Capability Model of ChildWell-Being 5 Justice and Children’s Well-Being andWell-Becoming 6 Conceptualising Child versus Adult Well-Being:Schooling and Employment 7 Male Circumcision and Children’s Interests 8 Children’s Mental Well-Being and Education 9 Will Children of Social Care Services Users beFuture Users? Results of a Pilot Research in Rome List of Figures List of Tables Index 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.