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Introduction : theorizing education for civic character -- Promoting compliance with laws. Cultivating motives for compliance ; Evaluating education for compliance : a cost-benefit analysis -- Fostering civic motivation. Sources of civic motivation ; Doing without love -- Status quo bias in civic education. Status quo educational bias : its nature and sources ; A qualified defense of status quo bias -- Conclusion : citizenship and the limits of autonomy.

The goal of this book is to show how we can recognise the value of the kinds of character formation that civic education has traditionally involved without losing the portion of the truth that can be found in the orthodox view that favours critical autonomy. 'Civics Beyond Critics' warns against neglecting character traits that, although commonly labelled 'conservative', are realistically essential for the future of all liberal democracies

Should a liberal democratic state permit religious schools? Should it fund them? What principles should govern these decisions in a society marked by religious and cultural pluralism? In Faith in Schools?, Ian MacMullen tackles these important questions through both political and educational theory, and he reaches some surprising and provocative conclusions. MacMullen argues that parents' desires to educate their children "in the faith" must not be allowed to deny children the opportunity for ongoing rational reflection about their values. Government should safeguard children's interests in de.