Autonomy, Human Flourishing and the Curriculum

This is a book in the ‘Thinking in Action’ series, which ‘takes philosophy to the public’. The review outlines the argument in the two halves of the book: on educational aims; and on controversial policy issues. In its assessment of the arguments it focuses on the following topics: problems in the relationships between happiness, flourishing, and personal autonomy; the justification of the traditional subject-centred curriculum; the role of conjecture in the argument for state-funded faith-based schools; and a defence of education for patriotism in the face of Brighouse's critique

Argument (complex analysis · Autonomy · Curriculum · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Faith · Flourishing · Happiness · Higher education · Patriotism · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Social Psychology

• Repensando el camino hacia el florecimiento

  Open Access•Douglas W Yacek, Mark Jonas et al.•Revista Española de Pedagogía•2025

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• Authenticity-Sensitive Preferentism and Educating for Well-Being and Autonomy

  Open Access•Ishtiyaque Haji, Stefaan E Cuyper•Journal of Philosophy of Education•2008

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• The Prudential Value of Education for Autonomy

  Open Access•Mark Piper•Journal of Philosophy of Education•2010

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• Formal criteria for the concept of human flourishing

  Lynne S Wolbert, Lynne Wolbert et al.•Ethics and Education•2015

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• Flourishing and awe

  Mark Piper•Ethics and Education•2024

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• Beyond human flourishing

  Open Access•Anders Schinkel•Journal of Philosophy of Education•2025

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• Higher Education, Pedagogy and the Customerisation of Teaching and Learning

  Open Access•Kevin Love•Journal of Philosophy of Education•2008

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