Paul Weithman
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199566624
- eISBN:
- 9780191722042
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566624.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Religion and Society
This chapter attempts to identify the grounds of reservations that theorists of democratic education have about religious schools. It argues that those reservations arise from commitment to a certain ...
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This chapter attempts to identify the grounds of reservations that theorists of democratic education have about religious schools. It argues that those reservations arise from commitment to a certain conception of democracy, here called ‘strong deliberativism’. It then locates the grounds of the reservations in the requirements of a ‘deliberatively democratic character’, the set of dispositions good citizens must have if they are to govern themselves well on the basis of democratic deliberation. The chapter argues that some of the requirements of strong deliberativism are misconceived, and that religious schools can contribute to education for democracy.Less
This chapter attempts to identify the grounds of reservations that theorists of democratic education have about religious schools. It argues that those reservations arise from commitment to a certain conception of democracy, here called ‘strong deliberativism’. It then locates the grounds of the reservations in the requirements of a ‘deliberatively democratic character’, the set of dispositions good citizens must have if they are to govern themselves well on the basis of democratic deliberation. The chapter argues that some of the requirements of strong deliberativism are misconceived, and that religious schools can contribute to education for democracy.
