ABSTRACT
This chapter develops a view of the good society and the good of the child that can be grounded in different moral views and in the context of value pluralism. These are both based on the central tenets of liberty.
It is demonstrated in the chapter that the good of childhood and the good of society are inextricably linked with one another, placing moral obligations on society to ensure that the good of childhood is reached. This gives rise to obligations and values in society related to children, which rest on society’s members and institutions. This is the foundation of an objective account of childhood well-being or childhood interests that would hold for different views of the good, as it is based on the common values and obligations of the objective good of society.
