Verletzbarkeit und Autonomie im Lebenslauf

Abstract

There is only a few philosophical literature which examines the normative differences between child poverty and adult poverty. Based within a recognition theoretical critique of poverty, I will argue that the concepts of vulnerability and autonomy are well suited to capture these gradual and categorical differences. First, I will argue that children are more vulnerable and that their vulnerability makes them particularly affected by poverty. Second, I will argue that poverty during childhood distorts the possibilities of those children to develop into autonomous beings. Child poverty has to be criticized in such a life course perspective.