Nease / Austin Fatherhood - Philosophy for Everyone

The Dao of Daddy
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4141-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Philosophy for Everyone

Fatherhood - Philosophy for Everyone offers fathers wisdomand practical advice drawn from the annals of philosophy. Boththought-provoking and humorous, it provides a valuable starting andending point for reflecting on this crucial role.
* Address the roles, experiences, ethics, and challenges offatherhood from a philosophical perspective
* Includes essays on Confucius, Socrates, the experience ofAfrican fatherhood, and the perspective of two women writers
* Explores the changing role of fatherhood and investigates whatit means to be a father
* An ideal complement to Motherhood - Philosophy forEveryone (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nease, Lon

Austin, Michael W.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Allhoff, Fritz

Burgess, Adrienne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword (Adrienne Burgess).
Acknowledgments (Lon S. Nease and Michael W. Austin).
Introduction: Fathering the Idea (Lon S. Nease andMichael W. Austin).
PART I THE IMPACT OF BEING A FATHER.
1 Father Time and Fatherhood (Scott A. Davison).
2 How Fatherhood Will Change Your Life (AmmonAllred).
3 The Born Identity: Becoming Daddy (KimberleyFink-Jensen).
4 Fatherhood and the Meaning of Life (MichaelBarnwell).
PART II ETHICS AND PARENTING STYLES.
5 In Virtue of Upbringing: The Art of Raising a GoodPerson (Lon S. Nease).
6 Does My Father Care? Paternalism, Care Ethics, andFatherhood (Andrew Terjesen).
7 How Should I Parent? Fathering That's Fun andEffective (Dan Florell and Steffen Wilson).
8 Fathering for Freedom (J. K. Swindler).
PART III KEEPING IT REAL: Authentic Fatherhood.
9 Real Fathers Bake Cookies (Dan Collins-Cavanaugh).
10 Maybe Happiness is Loving Our Father: Confucius and theRituals of Dad (Andrew Komasinski).
11 Authentic Fatherhood: A Traditional Yoruba-AfricanUnderstanding (Abiodun Oladele Balogun).
12 The Heart of the Merciful Father (Stephen JosephMattern).
PART IV DILEMMAS FOR DAD.
13 Should I Let Him Watch? A Father's PhilosophicalPerspective on Popular Media (Joshua Baron).
14 Fathering for Social Justice: Raising Children with OpenEyes and Open Minds (David S. Owen).
15 Like Father Like Son? Challenges in the Father-SonRelationship (Anthony Carreras).
16 Father's Ideals and Children's Lives (JeffreyMorgan).
17 Dads and Daughters: Wisdom for a Winding Road(Michael W. Austin).
Appendix A: Cookie Recipes for Dads (DanCollins-Cavanaugh).
Appendix B: Wisdom of Youth.
Notes on Contributors.

Über Autor(innen)

Editors
Lon Nease is a PhD student in the Philosophy Departmentat the University of Cincinnati. He holds an MA in Philosophy fromthe University of Kentucky, where he studied phenomenology andexistentialism. Nease has published on post-Kantian ethical theory.
Michael W. Austin is an Associate Professor of Philosophyat Eastern Kentucky University. His primary interests are ethicsand philosophy of religion. His books include Running andPhilosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Conceptions ofParenthood (2007), Football and Philosophy: Going Deep(2008), and Wise Stewards (2009).
Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in thePhilosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as aSenior Research Fellow at the Australian NationalUniversity's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series,Allhoff is the volume editor or co-editor for several titles,including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007),Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley,2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe,Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).