The Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics announces...
The 9th Annual
J.T. Barton Jr. Ethics Essay Scholarship Competition
The competition is open to all Clemson University undergraduate students.
1st Prize: $1,500 Scholarship |
2nd Prize: $1,000 Scholarship |
3rd Prize: $500 Scholarship |
"Should people have to have a license to be parents?"
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The following resources are provided as tools that you may wish to use or refer to in writing your paper. They are not like a reading list for a course; nor must the paper cover all of the topics in the list of resources.
"Should Parents be Licensed?" Select Bibliography
Books
**All books are available on reserve under “Barton Essay” in the
Cooper Library; Inquire at Cirrculation Desk**
Adams, Harry. Justice for Children: Autonomy Development and the State. State University of New York Press, 2008 (includes sections entitled “Intervention in the Family: A Parental Licensing Model” and “A Model of Parental Licensing”)
Brockman, John, ed. What is your Dangerous Idea? : Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable. Harper Perennial, 2007 (includes article entitled “Parental Licensure”)
Coleman, Marilyn and Larry Ganong, eds. Points & Counterpoints: Controversial Relationship and Family Issues in the 21st Century: An Anthology. Roxbury Pub. Co., 2003 (includes articles on licensing parents)
McFall, Michael T. Licensing Parents: Family, State, and Child Maltreatment. Lexington Books, 2009
Tittle, Peg., ed. Should Parents Be Licensed? Debating the Issues. Prometheus Books, 2004
Westman, Jack C. Licensing Parents: Can We Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect? Insight Books, 1994
Articles
Bergman, Jerry. “Licensing Parents: A New Age of Child-Rearing?” The Futurist 12 (Dec. 1978): 363-368. (print: Cooper Library CB 161 .F8)
Donohue, William A. “Correct Problems, Desperate Solutions.” Society 34.1 (Nov.-Dec. 1996): 62-64. (online)
Eisenberg, Howard B. “A ‘Modest Proposal:’ State Licensing of Parents.” Connecticut Law Review 26.4 (Summer 1994): 1415-1452. (online)
Epstein, William M. “Just a Wooden Horse.” Society 34.1 (Nov.-Dec. 1996): 60-61. (online)
Feder, Don. “Experts Seek License to Monitor Parents.” Human Events 50.46 (Dec. 2, 1994): 14. (online)
------“Licensing Parents – No Idea is Too Preposterous.” Human Events 53.16 (Apr. 25, 1997): 14. (online)
Ginzberg, Eli. “Frivolous versus Serious Interventions.” Society 34.1 (Nov.-Dec. 1996): 58-59. (online)
Gordon, Robert A. “Parental Licensure and its Sanction.” Society 34.1 (Nov.-Dec. 1996): 65-69. (online)
Harris, Judith Rich. “The Outcome of Parenting: What Do We Really Know?” Journal of Personality
Hedman, Carl. “Three Approaches to the Problem of Child Abuse and Neglect.” Journal of Social Philosophy 31.3 (Fall 2000): 268-285. (online)
Lafollette, H. “Licensing Parents.” Philosophy & Public Affairs 9.2 (Winter 1980): 182-197. (online)
Lykken, David. “The Causes and Costs of Crime and a Controversial Cure.” Journal of Personality 68.3 (June 2000): 559-605. (online)
------“Licensing Parents: A Response to Critics.” Journal of Personality 68.3 (June 2000): 639-649. (online)
------“Psychopathy, Sociopathy, and Crime.” Society 34.1 (Nov.-Dec. 1996): 29-38. (online)
Mangel, Claudia Pap. “Licensing Parents: How Feasible?” Family Law Quarterly 22.1 (Spring 1988): 17-39. (online)
Sandmire, Michael J. and Michael S. Wald. “Licensing Parents – A Response to Claudia Mangel’s Proposal.” Family Law Quarterly 24.1 (Spring 1990): 53-76. (online)
Scarr, Sandra. “Toward Voluntary Parenthood.” Journal of Personality 68.3 (June 2000): 615-623. (online)
Schneiderman, Howard G. “Antisocial Personalities, Antidemocratic Solutions.” Society 34.1 (Nov.-Dec. 1996): 53-57. (online)
Westman, Jack C. “Licensing Parents Would Help Children.” Opposing Viewpoints: Child Welfare, Ed. Carol Wekesser. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1998. In Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center database. (online)
------“No: License Parents to Ensure Children’s Welfare (Question: Does the U.S. Need a Parental-Rights Amendment?)” Insight on the News 11.19 (May 15, 1995): 19-21. (online)
------“Parental Licensure Would Reduce Child Abuse.” Opposing Viewpoints: Child Abuse, Ed. Jennifer A. Hurley. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. In Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center database. (online) (also in print: Cooper Library HV 6626.52 .C545 1999)
------“The Rationale and Feasibility of Licensing Parents.” Society 34.1 (Nov.-Dec. 1996): 46-52. (online)
------“Reducing Governmental Interventions in Families by Licensing Parents.” Child Psychiatry & Human Development 27.3 (Spring 1997): 193-205. (online)
Other
(Eugenics)
Eugenics in Australia – General information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generation
Eugenics in Australia – Film Rabbit-Proof Fence
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/
Article “license to breed” about the history of the eugenics movement in the US where parenting was restricted
http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/eugenics_2/
(Developmentally Disabled People as Parents)
Basic discussion on Yahoo about whether developmentally disabled people should be allowed to reproduce:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080225085200AAndpKA
Discussion about developmentally disabled parents
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/622940
Discussion from a set of notes about forced contraceptives for developmentally disabled “parents”
http://www.uky.edu/Classes/PHI/305.002/ret.htm
(IVF, Egg Transfer, and the “Octomom”)
A recent Finnish study suggesting single egg transfer in IVF is actually safer, further bolstering EU policy
http://www.newsrx.com/health-articles/1475350.html
Birth of octuplets puts focus on fertility clinics
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/health/12ivf.html?_r=2&ref=health
Georgia “Octomom bill”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/georgia.octomom.bill/index.html
National Public Radio. “Embryo Debate Raised in an IVF Treatment.” Morning Edition April 20, 2009.
(Prohibiting and Promoting Childbirth)
China sticking with “One Child” policy
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/world/asia/11china.html?_r=1
China steps up “One Child” policy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/941511.stm
Dwindling Germans review policies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4852040.stm
French government eyes 'le baby boom'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4856992.stm
Relying on hard and soft sells, India pushes sterilization
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/22/world/relying-on-hard-and-soft-sells-india-pushes-sterilization.html
(Miscellaneous)
State Infertility Insurance Laws (ASRM.Org)
http://www.asrm.org/Patients/insur.html
Addict Ordered Not to Have Children (NYT.Com) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E3D71339F936A35752C0A9639C8B63&fta=y
Deadbeat Dads Face Ban on Procreation (Law.Com) http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1085626380614
Tom’s Civil Liberties Blog (About.com)
http://civilliberty.about.com/b/2009/03/10/nadya-suleman-and-ivf-regulation.htm
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