The Philosopher's Child

The Philospoher's Child is an edited collection of 9 contemporary essays (7 new works 2 revised from previously published work) each of which examines the views of a different philosopher (Socrates Aristotle Hobbes Locke Kant Mill Wittgenstein Rawls and Firestone) on the topic of children. Each of the contributors to this groundbreaking volume is a specialist in the area of the philosopher he or she considers and offers to the reader both the opportunity to review the thoughts of these important thinkers on a subject that is fast becoming an issue of great urgency and the chance to those thoughts in a critical context.