Adam Swift on Parental Partiality

Philosophy Bites

Nigel Warburton

Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2014

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Most people think it is acceptable to advantage their children, but how far should this go? Adam Swift discusses the limits of parental partiality in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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0:21.4	Parents favour their own children over other children, and most of us believe that they're right to do
0:26.8	so.
0:27.8	They've got special obligations to their kids.
0:30.8	But how far does the parents' right to favour his or her children stretch?
0:34.0	How much privilege should parents be able to confer on their children?
0:39.0	Adam Swift and Harry Brickhouse have written a book which addresses this question.
0:44.4	We spoke to Professor Swift.
0:47.0	Adam Swift, welcome to Philosophy Bites.
0:49.3	Thank you for having me.
0:50.8	The topic we're going to focus on is parental partiality.
0:54.0	Now, it seems obvious that as parents we should be partial to our children,
0:59.0	we should give them every advantage we can.
1:01.0	How could anybody even question that?
1:04.0	Well I think that in practice people do question the idea that parents should be able to do everything that they can for their children.
1:11.0	Most obviously people feel they shouldn't break the law just
1:14.5	because it would be in their child's interest for them to do so. So the idea that we
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