Volume 25, Number 3
September 2023
ARTICLE

The Kids Aren’t Alright: Expanding the Role of the State in Parenting

Volume 25, Number 3, September 2023, Pages 431–463
https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v25i3.2109
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Abstract

I first argue that forms of regulated parenting are presumptively justified whereas private parenting is not. Then, I argue that the reasons we have to believe that regulated parenting is justified give us reasons to believe that individuals who are objectionably intolerant—that is, they subscribe to prejudicial dogmas such as racism, sexism, and homophobia to such an extent that their ability to direct caring attitudes toward, for example, Black people, women, and/or gay people is significantly impaired—ought not to rear children. Finally, I argue that if these people ought not to rear children, we have special reason to institute a scheme of parental licensing to ensure they do not.
Copyright © 2023 Connor K. Kianpour
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