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1 - Are Children Human?

from Part I - Is it Wrong to Think of Children as Human Beings?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

Michael Freeman
Michael Freeman
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University College London
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Is it ‘very strange’ to think of children as having rights? Is a child’s ‘main remedy’ to grow up? These are the views of two leading philosophers, Harry Brighouse (2002) and Onora O’Neill (1988), and doubtless many others. This is not as I see it, as I intend to show in this book. My focus will be on the importance of recognising children’s rights, not just for children, but for society as a whole. I first explain why it has taken so long to recognise that children have rights.

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A Magna Carta for Children?
Rethinking Children's Rights
 , pp. 13 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Are Children Human?
  • Michael Freeman, University College London
  • Book: A Magna Carta for Children?
  • Online publication: 18 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316591468.002
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  • Are Children Human?
  • Michael Freeman, University College London
  • Book: A Magna Carta for Children?
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316591468.002
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  • Are Children Human?
  • Michael Freeman, University College London
  • Book: A Magna Carta for Children?
  • Online publication: 18 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316591468.002
Available formats
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