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A political theorist argues that children have no rights

A debate about parental power, the state, and why childhood breaks liberal theory.

Children are a problem for liberalism, one you can see in everything from school-board wars to fights over indoctrination. If all individuals are free and equal, endowed with rights by their Creator, then does that include children? Kids are fully human, yes, but they’re also dependent, impulsive, and not yet capable of adult autonomy. So when do rights…

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