Abstract
Abstract
This chapter investigates the relationship between carefreeness and the valuable goods that constitute a good childhood, including play. It argues that carefreeness is necessary for children to develop positive affective responses to worthwhile projects and relationships, and so that it is necessary for children to endorse the valuable goods in their lives. One upshot of this discussion is that a child who is allowed to play, who receives an adequate education, and who has loving parents and family members, but lacks the psychological disposition of carefreeness, leads an impoverished life, even if she might lead a good life in adulthood.
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Oxford University PressNew York
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