PHLB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Prior Restraint
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Thesis: thesis: becoming a parent should require a license a theory that should be implemented theoretical argument, practical argument. Parenthood and harms: parenting clearly poses the risk of serious harm to children, abuse and neglect rates are high, parenthood requires competency, skills, qualities of character. * idea that you own your child, so you don"t need a license licensing to prevent harm; if you fail the test, you can redo; it; licensing addresses issues of abuse/neglect. Straightforward argument: either we should give up on licensing surgeons, drivers, and dentists, or we should be consistent and license parents, the main argument is straightforward, much of the work in this paper is responding to objections. *we should license parents because they meet the conditions that lead us to license any activity* Response: licensing itself is not necessarily intrusive: only those (justifiably) denied license will face much intrusion subjective beliefs might support abuse.
