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What's blood got to do with it? The significance of natural parenthood

Res Publica 1 (1):91-106 (1995)

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Physical and social facts in anthropology.J. A. Barnes - 1964 - Philosophy of Science 31 (3):294-297.details In his recent paper Gellner singles me out for special comment and some reply is called for. He attributes to me several propositions which he says I made in my note on ‘Physical and social kinship’ in this journal, and he then refutes them. Reading his paper I cannot avoid thinking that he exaggerates the differences between us, thereby apparently strengthening his argument. Some substantial differences there are, but others are fictional. A line-by-line analysis of what he says about me (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Parental Rights.Edgar Page - 1984 - Journal of Applied Philosophy 1 (2):187-203.details ABSTRACT This paper is concerned with the philosophical foundations of parental rights. Some commonly held accounts are rejected. The question of whether parental rights are property rights is examined. It is argued that there are useful analogies with property rights which help us to see that the ultimate justification of parental rights lies in the special value of parenthood in human life. It is further argued that the idea of generation is essential to our understanding of parenthood as having special (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 20 citations

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