Partridge Brian C
Kenai Peninsula College-Kachemak Bay Campus, 533 East Pioneer Ave, Homer, Alaska 99603, USA.
J Med Philos. 2010 Oct;35(5):518-25. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhq044. Epub 2010 Sep 24.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child risks harm to adolescents insofar as it encourages not only poor decision making by adolescents but also parenting styles that will have an adverse impact on the development of mature decision-making capacities in them. The empirical psychological and neurophysiological data weigh against augmenting and expression of the rights of children. Indeed, the data suggest grounds for expanding parental authority, not limiting its scope. At the very least, any adequate appreciation of the moral claims regarding the authority of parents with respect to the decision-making capacity of adolescents needs to be set within an understanding of the psychological and neurophysiological facts regarding the development of adolescent decision-making capacity.
《联合国儿童权利公约》可能会对青少年造成伤害，因为它不仅鼓励青少年做出糟糕的决策，还助长了一些育儿方式，这些方式会对他们成熟决策能力的发展产生不利影响。心理学和神经生理学的实证数据不利于增强和表达儿童权利。事实上，这些数据表明有理由扩大父母的权威，而不是限制其范围。至少，在理解关于青少年决策能力发展的心理和神经生理学事实的背景下，才能充分认识到与父母对青少年决策能力的权威相关的道德主张。
