Children, Religion and the Ethics of Influence: Introduction for a Symposium

Tillson, John (2024) Children, Religion and the Ethics of Influence: Introduction for a Symposium. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 58 (1). pp. 99-103. ISSN 0309-8249

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Abstract

It is morally impermissible for parents, educators, and others to initiate children into religious belief systems. That is the provocative conclusion of, Children, Religion and the Ethics of Influence – the book which is the focus of the present symposium. This introduction briefly summarises the book’s arguments together with the criticisms levelled against them. The symposium includes critiques by Matthew Clayton, Anca Gheaus, Michael Hand, David Lewin, and Ruth Wareham. Clayton and Wareham propose alternative bases for prohibiting religious initiation, while Hand, Lewin and Gheaus propose conditions under which religious initiation may be permissible. The symposium concludes with a rejoinder by John Tillson.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	© The Author(s) 2024. This is the author's accepted manuscript version of an article published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. The final version is available from: https://academic.oup.com/jope/article/58/1/99/7517807
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	John Tillson
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2024 08:26
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2024 14:40
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4329

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