Has contemporary liberalism's devotion to individual liberty
come at the expense of our society's obligations to children?
Divorce is now easy to obtain, and access to everything from
violent movies to sexually explicit material is zealously protected
as freedom of speech. But what of the effects on the young, with
their special needs and vulnerabilities? "Freedom's Orphans" seeks
a way out of this predicament. Poised to ignite fierce debate
within and beyond academia, it documents the increasing
indifference of liberal theorists and jurists to what were long
deemed core elements of children's welfare.
Evaluating large changes in liberal political theory and
jurisprudence, particularly American liberalism after the Second
World War, David Tubbs argues that the expansion of rights for
adults has come at a high and generally unnoticed cost. In
championing new "lifestyle" freedoms, liberal theorists and jurists
have ignored, forgotten, or discounted the competing interests of
children.
To substantiate his arguments, Tubbs reviews important currents
of liberal thought, including the ideas of Isaiah Berlin, Ronald
Dworkin, and Susan Moller Okin. He also analyzes three key
developments in American civil liberties: the emergence of the
"right to privacy" in sexual and reproductive matters; the
abandonment of the traditional standard for obscenity prosecutions;
and the gradual acceptance of the doctrine of "strict separation"
between religion and public life.
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