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Rational Autonomy, Morality and Education
Author(s) -
LEE JEEHUN,
WRINGE COLIN
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9752.1993.tb00298.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , morality , personal autonomy , philosophy of education , social psychology , sociology , psychology , environmental ethics , epistemology , higher education , political science , law , philosophy
Some traditional assumptions regarding rational autonomy are examined and criticised. The exclusion of subjective considerations from autonomous choice is shown to be unjustified, as are attempts to identlfji autonomy with morally desirable conduct. Unexpected implications of these conclusions for education and certain other social institutions are also indicated.