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The composition of the family

Cutas, Daniela LU (2018) In Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy p.191-201
Abstract
The chapter starts with an exploration of what the family is in order then to move on to look at its parts. The family has been defined in terms of its form (e.g. a mother, a father, and their biological offspring) or its function (e.g. adults taking and/or sharing custodial responsibility for children). In both of these cases, children are a necessary ingredient for a unit to be called a family – but the chapter also briefly reviews proposals to extend the accolade of "family" to beyond child-rearing. From a perspective concerned primarily with family form, biological and more specifically genetic parents have been seen as those to whom children should be born, and by whom they should be raised. From a perspective concerned with family... (More)
The chapter starts with an exploration of what the family is in order then to move on to look at its parts. The family has been defined in terms of its form (e.g. a mother, a father, and their biological offspring) or its function (e.g. adults taking and/or sharing custodial responsibility for children). In both of these cases, children are a necessary ingredient for a unit to be called a family – but the chapter also briefly reviews proposals to extend the accolade of "family" to beyond child-rearing. From a perspective concerned primarily with family form, biological and more specifically genetic parents have been seen as those to whom children should be born, and by whom they should be raised. From a perspective concerned with family function, this is not necessarily the case. Lastly, the chapter looks at the relation between parents and the requirements that co-parenting may generate in this regard. (Less)
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family, parents, children, genetic ties, personal identity, family form, family function
host publication
The Routledge handbook of the philosophy of childhood and children
series title
Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
editor
Gheaus, Anca ; Calder, Gideon and De Wispelaere, Jurgen
edition
1st
pages
191 - 201
publisher
Taylor & Francis
ISBN
9781138915978
9781351055987
language
English
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no
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356b48a3-fc73-4009-8330-79b569be8142
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2020-12-10 08:37:01
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  author       = {{Cutas, Daniela}},
  booktitle    = {{The Routledge handbook of the philosophy of childhood and children}},
  editor       = {{Gheaus, Anca and Calder, Gideon and De Wispelaere, Jurgen}},
  isbn         = {{9781138915978}},
  keywords     = {{family; parents; children; genetic ties; personal identity; family form; family function}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{191--201}},
  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy}},
  title        = {{The composition of the family}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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