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It directly responds to Harry Brighouse’s arguments in School Choice and Social Justice, arguing that the fear of religious schooling is largely unfounded. 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Kroeker Edmonton Public School Board  \nStephen P. Norris University of Alberta  \nIn this article, we challenge the common liberal assumption that religious schooling undermines the goals of liberal civic education, making it impossible for children to acquire tolerance, critical reasoning skills, or personal autonomy. As a framework for this argument, we respond to some of the claims made by Harry Brighouse in his recent book, School Choice and Social Justice, arguing that the liberal fear of religious schooling, as reiterated by Brighouse, is largely unwarranted. Rather, religious parents and religious schooling can offer children an education that promotes tolerance and critical reflection and that encourages and supports their future autonomy.  \nKey words: school choice, civic education, social justice, liberalism  \nDans cet article, les auteurs contestent l’hypothèse libérale courante voulant que les écoles confessionnelles nuisent aux buts de l’éducation civique libérale en empêchant les enfants de devenir tolérants, capables de raisonnement critique ou d’autonomie. Dans le cadre de leur argumentation, les auteurs répondent à certaines des affirmations de Harry Brighouse qui, dans un récent ouvrage intitulé School Choice and Social Justice, avance que la peur libérale de l’enseignement religieux est largementinjustifiée. Au contraire, les parents qui ont des convictions religieuses et les écoles confessionnelles offrent aux enfants une éducation qui prône la tolérance et laréflexion critique et qui encourage et favorise leur autonomie future.  \nMots clés : choix d’école, éducation civique, justice sociale, libéralisme  \n_________________  \nCANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 30, 1 (2007): 269‐290  \nA primary goal of public education is the preparation of citizens who support and sustain liberal democracy. To meet this goal, it is necessary to create a sense of identification with the state, prepare citizens to participate in the democratic process, and communicate shared liberal values. Although varying models of democratic civic education have been proposed, most liberal philosophers of education identify the key characteristics of liberal education as the development of tolerance for diversity, a focus on the capacity for critical reasoning and democratic deliberation, and a commitment to the development of autonomous citizens (Callan, 1997; Gutmann, 1999; Macedo, 2000) .  \nLiberals who argue for tolerance, critical reflection, and the development of autonomy as the goals of civic education tend also to assume that religious schooling that attempts to teach civic education from a religious perspective will thwart this aim. This position has determined public policy in at least some parts of Canada and in other Western societies. The province of Ontario, for example, has resisted appeals for funding of religious schools (with the exception of Roman Catholic schools whose funding is guaranteed by Section 93 of the Constitution Act) on the grounds that religious schooling would hinder efforts to “promote the values of a pluralist, democratic society”(International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Sixty Seventh Session, 1999, 3.1) . Religious schools, according to the government, would undermine Ontario’s “very ability to create and promote a tolerant society that protects all religious freedom”(ICCPR 1999, 4.3.4) . In the words of one of Canada’s chief justices,“The denial of funding to separate schools is rationally connected to the goal of a more tolerant society”(Chief Justice McLachlin in Adler v. Ontario, 1996, 219) . Nor is tolerance the only liberal virtue considered to be at risk. Liberal educators and philosophers commonly assume that religious schooling also will hinder the development of critical reasoning skills and thus the future autonomy of children (Callan, 1997; Dwyer, 1998; Macedo, 2000) .  \nOne liberal scholar who takes this position is Harry Brigh","cbCaisybZ4kQOaG6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisybZ4kQOaG6","pdf",259619,22,"English","# Introduction\n## Liberal civic education goals and assumptions\n## Brighouse’s claims and the authors’ response","[{\"question\":\"What liberal assumption does the article challenge about religious schooling?\",\"answer\":\"It challenges the view that religious schooling undermines liberal civic education, making it impossible for children to build tolerance, critical reasoning, or autonomy.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article engage with Harry Brighouse’s book?\",\"answer\":\"It responds to several claims Brighouse makes in School Choice and Social Justice, focusing on whether liberal concerns about religious schooling are justified.\"},{\"question\":\"What alternative outcome does the article argue religious schooling can support?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that religious education can promote tolerance and critical reflection and can encourage and support students’ future autonomy.\"}]","AN UNWARRANTED FEAR OF RELIGIOUS SCHOOLING - rebuttal and analysis | PDF",1792083108,55]