Circumscribed Autonomy: Children, Care, and Custody
this distinction between irrational and unreasonable choices cannot carry this moral load
Circumscribed Autonomy: Children, Care, and Custody
Why should we force children but not adults to act in their self-interests, against their express (but admittedly stupid) wishes?
Circumscribed Autonomy: Children, Care, and Custody
treating them as if they were devoid of autonomy hampers their becoming fully autonomous adults
Circumscribed Autonomy: Children, Care, and Custody
Autonomy is the province of full-fledged rational adults, not immature children
Circumscribed Autonomy: Children, Care, and Custody
This is surely not because freedom of the will has suddenly been inserted into him, but because his assumption of them is a necessary factor in his future growth and movement