Bill of Rights for Children
Bill of Rights for Children
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儿童权利法案
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2014
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通讯作者：
William V. Williams
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Peter J. Colosi;William V. Williams
近年来，我们社会中有许多团体一直在要求他们的权利。妇女要求有权选择是否终止妊娠。同性恋者要求与同性伴侣结婚的权利。政府官员要求有权强迫雇主向雇员免费提供避孕药具和堕胎药。在我们生活的高度政治化的环境中，这些问题变得两极分化，并受到无休止的诉讼。在这个过程中，我们社会中较弱和更依赖的成员的声音被忽视了。这尤其适用于儿童，他们没有投票权，因此在主导许多道德问题的政治对话中可以被忽视。但是，任何真正公正的社会都会把弱势群体的权利置于政治掌权者的权利之前。因此，也许现在是我们为孩子们，为那些没有发言权的人说话的时候了。也许是时候让孩子们拥有自己的权利法案了。我们建议以下列原则作为起草《儿童权利法案》的起点。如果我们能把社会话题转向这些更穷、更弱、更依赖他人的社会成员，也许我们就能朝着真正公正和充满爱的文化迈进。
In recent years there have been many groups in our society that have been demanding their rights. Women demand the right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. Homosexuals demand the right to marry same-sex partners. Government officials demand the right to force employers to supply free access to contraceptives and abortifacients to their employees. In the highly politicized environment in which we live, these questions become polarizing and subject to endless litigation. In this process, the voices of the weaker and more dependent members of our society go unheard. This applies especially to children, who have no right to vote, and thus can be ignored in the political conversations dominating many moral issues. But any truly just society will put the rights of these weaker members first and foremost before the rights of those who control the political power. So perhaps it is time for us to speak up for the children, for those who have no voice. Perhaps it is time for children to have their own Bill of Rights. We propose the precepts below as a starting point to draft a Bill of Rights for Children. If we can turn the societal conversation to these, the poorer, weaker, and more dependent members of society, perhaps we can make progress toward having a truly just and loving culture.