Premium
White on Autonomy, Neutrality and Well‐Being
Author(s) -
CLAYTON MATTHEW
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.tb00301.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , neutrality , white (mutation) , promotion (chess) , white paper , state (computer science) , personal autonomy , social psychology , political science , curriculum , sociology , psychology , environmental ethics , pedagogy , law , politics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , algorithm , computer science , gene
John White has recently defended a national curriculum which aims to promote children's well‐being and personal autonomy. I argue that there is a sense in which the state can remain neutral between diirferent conceptions of the good life and that White has not established that the state should aim to promote particular conceptions. I contend that the arguments which White offers in defence of his view of well‐being are inadequate and that he has failed to justifi the promotion of everyone's personal autonomy.