The moral status of the (nuclear) family
The family is commonly regarded as being an important social institution. In several policy areas, evidence can be found that the family is treated as an entity towards which others can have moral obligations; it has needs and interests that require protection; it can be ill and receive treatment. T...
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology Library
2017-05-01
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| description | The family is commonly regarded as being an important social institution. In several policy areas, evidence can be found that the family is treated as an entity towards which others can have moral obligations; it has needs and interests that require protection; it can be ill and receive treatment. The interests attributed to the family are not reducible to those of its members – and may even come into conflict with them. Using Warren’s criteria for moral status, we show that, although the family is not explicitly described in terms of moral status, the way in which it is treated implies that it has such status. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60c5224288254c05a1f1f8b806a62ce32022-12-22T01:38:49ZdanNorwegian University of Science and Technology LibraryEtikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics1890-39911890-40092017-05-0111110.5324/eip.v11i1.2250The moral status of the (nuclear) familyDaniela CutasAnna SmajdorThe family is commonly regarded as being an important social institution. In several policy areas, evidence can be found that the family is treated as an entity towards which others can have moral obligations; it has needs and interests that require protection; it can be ill and receive treatment. The interests attributed to the family are not reducible to those of its members – and may even come into conflict with them. Using Warren’s criteria for moral status, we show that, although the family is not explicitly described in terms of moral status, the way in which it is treated implies that it has such status.https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/etikk_i_praksis/article/view/2250familychildhoodmoral statusconceptual entitiesinfertility |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Cutas Anna Smajdor The moral status of the (nuclear) family Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics family childhood moral status conceptual entities infertility |
| title | The moral status of the (nuclear) family |
| title_full | The moral status of the (nuclear) family |
| title_fullStr | The moral status of the (nuclear) family |
| title_full_unstemmed | The moral status of the (nuclear) family |
| title_short | The moral status of the (nuclear) family |
| title_sort | moral status of the nuclear family |
| topic | family childhood moral status conceptual entities infertility |
| url | https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/etikk_i_praksis/article/view/2250 |
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