Precisely what did Cheryl Hudson mean when she referred to "splitting
the interests of parents and their children?" Also, family life seems,
to me, to be on the border of public and private. Family serve essential
social functions, as the basic institution through which society
reproduces itself and in which disciplines and capacities needed for
social life are instilled. Even if we conclude that: a)there is nothing
much we can do about family structure (a position I have some sympathy
with) or; 2)there is nothing we can do that doesn't violate some other
important norm, it seems absurd to argue that all discussion of family
structure violates the public/private divide.
steve teles
boston university
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