Geiger and Fischer examine, within a Rawlsian perspective, several child-rearing institutions affecting children. Justice as fairness would consider a child-rearing institution and its inequalities as fair if there are no alternative arrangements under which the prospects of least-advantaged children could be improved. Among these least-advantaged children are those who are neglected, abused, and stripped of self-respect. As the nuclear family disintegrates, the authors ask whether it can fulfill its child-rearing function. Utilizing a self-report study conducted on socialization and delinquency in Israel as well as several other observational studies, the authors demonstrate that in a more egalitarian structure such as the kibbutz, least-advantaged children have more opportunities to develop into autonomous responsible individuals. For Americans, the kibbutz educational system shows new paths for change from nursery school through high school that would allow for greater bonds between the family, school, work, and the community. An emerging sense of community would also stimulate the moral and intellectual growth of disadvantaged youth. This book is recommended to researchers and policy makers in the areas of education, delinquency, and social welfare.
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BRENDA GEIGER, educational psychologist and philosopher, and MICHAEL FISCHER, criminal justice researcher and social scientist, have written on child development and delinquency issues.
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In this preliminary chapter, the main concepts of Rawls' original position are analyzed as well as the characteristics of the individuals in this situation and the principles of justice they choose. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parens patria doctrine, rational reconstruction model, more kibbutz, kibbutz children, kibbutz parents, kibbutz education, kibbutz youths, socioeconomic goods, kibbutz experience, kibbutz adolescents, fair equality, social minimum, percentage comparisons, kibbutz members, advantaged children, infant day care, least advantaged, primary goods, most advantaged, difference principle, quality day care, moral validity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In this preliminary chapter, the main concepts of Rawls' original position are analyzed as well as the characteristics of the individuals in this situation and the principles of justice they choose. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parens patria doctrine, rational reconstruction model, more kibbutz, kibbutz children, kibbutz parents, kibbutz education, kibbutz youths, socioeconomic goods, kibbutz experience, kibbutz adolescents, fair equality, social minimum, percentage comparisons, kibbutz members, advantaged children, infant day care, least advantaged, primary goods, most advantaged, difference principle, quality day care, moral validity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- A Theory of Justice by John Rawls on 5 pages
- Moral Development by Kohlberg on 4 pages
- Child Development by Heather Brennand in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Children of the Dream by Bruno Bettelheim on page 73, and Back Matter
- Social Psychology in the '90s by Kay Deaux in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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