Faith in Schools?: Autonomy, Citizenship, and Religious Education in the Liberal State

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
PART I: Civic Education and Religious Schools......Page 24
CHAPTER 1 The Civic Case against Religious Schools......Page 26
The Civic Goals of Education......Page 27
Civic Goals as the Only Goals of Public Education Policy......Page 32
Do Religious Schools Make Good Citizens?......Page 40
The Civic Value of Religious Schools......Page 46
Responses and Conclusions......Page 48
Conflicting Educational Goals: Three Approaches to Resolution......Page 52
Liberalism without Political Primacy......Page 60
Is Autonomy a “Cost” of Civic Education?......Page 65
Liberal Democratic Principles Presuppose the Value of Autonomy......Page 71
Conclusion......Page 73
PART II: Autonomy as a Public Value......Page 76
CHAPTER 3 Autonomy, Identity, and Choice......Page 78
Autonomy as Ongoing Rational Reflection......Page 80
Caricatures of Rational Autonomy......Page 84
The Nature of Autonomous Reflection......Page 92
Conclusion......Page 97
John Stuart Mill, Joseph Raz, and the Intrinsic Value of Autonomy......Page 99
Contemporary Liberal Responses to Mill: The Neutrality Condition......Page 103
Autonomy and Moral Responsibility......Page 104
Arguments for the Instrumental Value of Autonomy......Page 107
The Instrumental Value of Autonomy and the Neutrality Principle......Page 114
Conclusion......Page 122
Parental Rights and Interests......Page 124
“Parents Are People Too”......Page 130
The Death Knell for Traditional Ways of Life?......Page 135
Other Objections and Responses......Page 140
Conclusion......Page 147
PART III: Religious Schools and Education for Autonomy......Page 148
CHAPTER 6 Secular Public Schools: Critiques and Responses......Page 150
What’s Wrong with Secular Education?......Page 152
Public Control of Schools......Page 158
Authority and Autonomy......Page 162
Conclusion......Page 166
The Development of Autonomy Cannot Be Taken for Granted......Page 168
The Autonomy Case against Religious Schools......Page 173
Hallmarks of Permissible Religious Secondary Schools......Page 180
Regulation and Entanglement......Page 186
Conclusions and Policy Implications......Page 190
Age-Sensitive Education......Page 193
Primary Culture and Identity......Page 195
Reasoning within an Ethical Framework......Page 199
Cognitive Development and Autonomous Reflection......Page 201
Maintaining the Option of Autonomous Religious Belief......Page 204
Hallmarks of Permissible Religious Primary Schools......Page 208
Conclusion......Page 213
Conclusion......Page 216
Bibliography......Page 232
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K......Page 239
S......Page 240
Z......Page 241