This is the class website for Philosophy 3375 at Southern Methodist University (Spring 2014). You can reach me at jkazez@smu.edu

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Children's Rights

Announcements
  1. Syllabus changes - next topic will be parents who withhold medical treatment - (a) parents who don't vaccinate, (b) parents who pray instead of providing chemotherapy, blood transfusions, etc.
  2. After that - what do adult children owe to their parents? - next homework will be due April 25 - must see movie Mildred Pierce
  3. Next paper assignment is at the paper tab

Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; right to participate in a democracy

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
  1. Should a child be permitted to stop attending Sunday school? 
  2. Should children be permitted to wear political T-shirts in school?  Cases:  child suspended for wearing NRA T-shirt
  3. Should teenagers be permitted to vote?  Elderly voters vs. teenagers   Texas voting requirements

The right to sexual choice

 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (34, 28, 29)
  1. Can children consent to sex?  Statutory rape case (Florida)  Statutory rape laws (look at Florida and Texas)
  2. Do children have a right to be educated about sex, beyond "abstinence only" sex education?




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