caa a22 4500 445847956 CHVBK 20180317145404.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11217-010-9212-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11217-010-9212-9 Corngold Josh University of Tulsa School of Education, 800 South Tucker Drive, 74104, Tulsa, OK, USA aut Misplaced Priorities: Gutmann's Democratic Theory, Children's Autonomy, and Sex Education Policy [Elektronische Daten] [Josh Corngold] This paper offers a critique of the "democratic state of education” proposed by Amy Gutmann in her influential book Democratic Education. In the democratic state of education, educational authority is shared among the state, parents and educational professionals; and educational objectives are geared toward equipping future citizens to participate in what Gutmann calls "conscious social reproduction”—the collective shaping of the future of society through democratic deliberation. Although I agree with some of Gutmann's broad recommendations for civic education, I have misgivings about the centrality that she gives to conscious social reproduction in her theory of education. I argue that in focusing so intently on the facilitation of conscious social reproduction, Gutmann's theory makes insufficient room for the basic interests of individual children, and in particular, their prospective interest in autonomy. Gutmann's considered position on sex education policy—specifically, her willingness to allow local communities to deny their children access to sex education—exemplifies the shortcomings of her theory. Ultimately, her democratic state of education fails to acknowledge the fundamental moral importance of individual flourishing, and the contribution that education can and should make to it. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Liberalism nationallicence Autonomy nationallicence Democratic education nationallicence Amy Gutmann nationallicence Sex education nationallicence Studies in Philosophy and Education Springer Netherlands 30/1(2011-01-01), 67-84 0039-3746 30:1<67 2011 30 11217 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-010-9212-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-010-9212-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Corngold Josh University of Tulsa School of Education, 800 South Tucker Drive, 74104, Tulsa, OK, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Studies in Philosophy and Education Springer Netherlands 30/1(2011-01-01), 67-84 0039-3746 30:1<67 2011 30 11217 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer