The Best Available Parent and Duties of Justice

Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 23 (2):304-311 (2022)
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Abstract

I argue that the best available parent view, in its present formulation, struggles to accommodate for our very weighty duty not to perpetuate historical injustices. I offer an alternative view that reconciles this tension.

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