2. Creative Mothering
Lies and the Lying Mothers Who Tell Them
- Sheila Lintott Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324525.ch2
Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Motherhood - Philosophy for Everyone
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How to Cite
Kind, A. (2010) Creative Mothering, in Motherhood - Philosophy for Everyone (ed S. Lintott), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444324525.ch2
Editor Information
Bucknell University, USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
- Published Print: 24 SEP 2010
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Book Series Editors:
- Fritz Allhoff
Series Editor Information
Western Michigan University, USA
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444330281
Online ISBN: 9781444324525
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- creative mothering, lying - and the lying mothers who tell them;
- bedtime stories and putting 5-year-olds to bed;
- role that lying plays in parenting - deliberate deceit embedded, interwoven in practice of childrearing;
- Jean Piaget, children under the age of eight - not knowing what lies and forbidden words are;
- most lying, deserve moral condemnation - but parental lying constitutes an exception;
- For Kant, being truthful - sacred and absolutely commanding decree of reason;
- John Stuart Mill, British philosopher - moral theory, utilitarianism judging morality of actions based on consequences;
- utilitarianism, not as forgiving about lying - finding something uncomfortable in the thought;
- truth, lies and parental whoppers;
- lies, rights, and rationality
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Bedtime Stories
It's For Your Own Good; Or Is It?
Truth, Lies, and Parental Whoppers
Lies, Rights, and Rationality
Conclusion: It Isn't Easy Being Honest
Notes