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Direct linkCurren, Randall – Educational Theory, 2006
In this essay, Randall Curren identifies a type of liberalism that incorporates empirical claims about the development of agency and rationality, and responds to the criticism that liberalism rests on an incoherent conception of "autonomous agency." He argues that moral agents did indeed "become ghosts" somewhere en route from Aristotle to Kant,…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Essays, Literary Criticism, Social Influences
