Jerry Coyne relays this truly eye-opening new documentary from Richard Dawkins which aired in the UK last week: Here’s a link (thanks to Johann Hari) for donating to the cause of abolishing state funding of faith schools in the UK. Your Thoughts?
Richard Dawkins: “Faith School Menace?”
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Answering Children’s Questions
End Hereditary Religion profiles an intriguing book: “The War for Children’s Minds” is a brilliantly clear and convincingly argued defense of liberalism in moral education. Stephen Law examines and demolishes all the arguments in favor of authoritarian ways of teaching, and shows that in spite of the insistence of popular commentators from the religious right, [...]
Filed Under: Education, Religion, Secularism Tagged With: education advocated, external moral authority, faith schools, independent critical thought, liberal approach, liberal moral education, moral malaise, moral sheep, mugging old ladies, parental freedom, reflective critique, responsibility for making moral judgements, wholly rational foundation Leave a Comment
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