The Best Available Parent and Duties of Justice

Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 23 (2):304-311 (2022)
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I argue that the best available parent view, in its present formulation, struggles to accommodate for our very weighty duty not to perpetuate historical injustices. I offer an alternative view that reconciles this tension.

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10.26556/jesp.v23i2.2113

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Divine Authority as Divine Parenthood.Nick Hadsell - forthcoming - Religious Studies.

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The Best Available Parent.Anca Gheaus - 2021 - Ethics 131 (3):431-459.

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