Intro
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Evidence
Attachment Theory
Neuroscientific Evidence
Chapter 2 Childcare, and Mothers and Fathers
Childcare
Mothers and Fathers
Chapter 3 Obligations to Children and Ourselves
Obligations to Children
Autonomy
Chapter 4 Love
What Love Confers
Duty to Love
The Components of Love
Expansiveness of Love
Chapter 5 Flourishing
Flourishing
Attributes of Flourishers
Chapter 6 Liberalism
The Liberal State and its Role Regarding Children
Public and Private Spheres
Nozick's Liberalism
Kant
Mill
Capitalism
Chapter 7 Feminism and Motherhood
Feminism
Difference Feminism
Motherhood
Background
Motherhood Today
Chapter 8 An Ethics of Social, Emotional, and Moral Wellbeing
Ethics of Care
Slote's Ethics of Care and Empathy
Gilligan's Reframing of the Ethics of Care
An Alternative Autonomy
The Ethics of Social, Emotional, and Moral Wellbeing
Families
Chapter 9 Policy Issues
The State
Practical Problems
Career
Remuneration
Superannuation
Education
Lack of Status and Respect
Developing Solutions Through Policy
Career
Remuneration
Family
Value of Motherhood
Superannuation
Education
Supporting Families
Communities
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.