God nok – for hvem? Retfærdighed og tilstrækkelighed i børns opvækst
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https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v58i4.171999Keywords:
tilstrækkelighed, retfærdighed, børns opvækst, kapabilitetstilgangen, sufficientarismeAbstract
Denne artikel undersøger, hvordan retfærdighedsteori kan bidrage til at afgøre, hvornår et barns opvækst i forældrenes varetægt må anses for utilstrækkelig. Med afsæt i Liam Shields’ ”How bad can a good enough parent be?” (2016) udvikles og forsvares en sufficientaristisk tilgang, der kombinerer en absolut tærskel for tilstrækkelighed med vægtet prioritet under tærsklen. Artiklen argumenterer imod Shields’ komparative tilgang og foreslår i stedet, at vurderingen af opvæksten bør ske på et ikkekomparativt grundlag, hvor det afgørende er, om barnet befinder sig under tærsklen for tilstrækkelighed og ikke barnets relative position sammenlignet med andre børn. Med afsæt i kapabilitetstilgangen argumenteres der for, at tærsklen bør udmåles i både funktioner og kapabiliteter, hvorved hensynet til barnets aktuelle velvære forenes med hensynet til dets fremtidige muligheder. Artiklen bidrager hermed med en ny position i debatten om, hvornår intervention i forældre-barn-relationen er retfærdighedsmæssigt berettiget, og tilbyder samtidig en teoretisk diskussion af, hvorvidt kapabilitetstilgangen kan anvendes på børn.
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