Enabling children to learn from religions whilst respecting their rights: against monopolies of influence

John Tillson argues, on grounds of children’s well-being, that it is impermissible to teach them religious views. I defend a practice of pluralistically advocating religious views to children. As long as there are no monopolies of influence over children, and as long as advocates do not use coercion...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of philosophy of education 2024-03, Vol.58 (1), p.120-127
1. Verfasser: Gheaus, Anca
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:John Tillson argues, on grounds of children’s well-being, that it is impermissible to teach them religious views. I defend a practice of pluralistically advocating religious views to children. As long as there are no monopolies of influence over children, and as long as advocates do not use coercion, deceit, or manipulation, children can greatly benefit without having their rational abilities subverted, or incurring undue risk to form false beliefs. This solution should counter, to some extent, both perfectionist and antiperfectionist reasons against initiating children into religions.
ISSN:0309-8249
1467-9752
DOI:10.1093/jopedu/qhae007