Stephen Law

Stephen Law is the author of many introductory philosophy books, including The Philosophy Gym. He is also author of The War for Children’s Minds (Routledge) and A Very Short Introduction to Humanism (Cambridge University Press). He is currently Director of Philosophy and the Certificate in Higher Education at Oxford University department of Education. He was previously Reader in Philosophy and Head of Department, Heythrop College, University of London.

Raising Good Citizens

By Stephen Law / Issue 35, Belief, Magazine / 13 minutes of reading

The debate about raising good citizens is muddied. Young people are either encouraged to invent the truth or told to more or less uncritically accept what authorities tell them. There is, in fact, a third alternative: a Liberal approach.