Against Stealing Children
Richard Y Chappell
Against Stealing Children
Parents needn't be the "best available"
Anca Gheaus defends the “best available parent” (BAP) principle:
The moral right to parent should be understood as a liberty right held by the person, or persons, who, of all those who express a commitment to parent a child, would make the best parent for that child—i.e., would benefit the child most through the exercise of parental authority.
On its face, this seems kinda nuts. For example, it would apparently justify...