... provides a provocative philosophical contribution to the present theorization on children's rights. It is useful because, in a time when policy-wise children's rights are gaining increasing dominance, it presents perspectives that suggest potential theoretical and practical deficits. The presentation of different arguments helps to refine the reader's own views, whatever his or her theoretical or policy position.

• Introduction ; I. CHILDREN AND RIGHTS ; Do Children Have Rights? ; What Rights (If Any) Do Children Have? ; Children's Choices of Children's Interests: Which Do Their Rights Protect? ; Being versus Becoming: A Critical Analysis of the Child in Liberal Theory ; II. AUTONOMY AND EDUCATION ; Special Agents: Children's Autonomy and Parental Authority ; Autonomy, Child Rearing, and Good Lives ; Children, Multiculturalism, and Education ; Answering Susan: Liberalism, Civic Education, and the Status of Younger Persons ; III. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND JUSTICE ; Silver Spoons and Golden Genes: Talent Differentials and Distributive Justice ; Equality and the Duties of Procreators ; Liberal Equality and the Affective Family ; What Children Really Need: Towards a Critical Theory of Family Structure ; Family, Choice, and Distributive Justice

... provides a provocative philosophical contribution to the present theorization on children's rights. It is useful because, in a time when policy-wise children's rights are gaining increasing dominance, it presents perspectives that suggest potential theoretical and practical deficits. The presentation of different arguments helps to refine the reader's own views, whatever his or her theoretical or policy position.

• Introduction ; I. CHILDREN AND RIGHTS ; Do Children Have Rights? ; What Rights (If Any) Do Children Have? ; Children's Choices of Children's Interests: Which Do Their Rights Protect? ; Being versus Becoming: A Critical Analysis of the Child in Liberal Theory ; II. AUTONOMY AND EDUCATION ; Special Agents: Children's Autonomy and Parental Authority ; Autonomy, Child Rearing, and Good Lives ; Children, Multiculturalism, and Education ; Answering Susan: Liberalism, Civic Education, and the Status of Younger Persons ; III. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND JUSTICE ; Silver Spoons and Golden Genes: Talent Differentials and Distributive Justice ; Equality and the Duties of Procreators ; Liberal Equality and the Affective Family ; What Children Really Need: Towards a Critical Theory of Family Structure ; Family, Choice, and Distributive Justice