SCHOOL CHOICE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMY - A REPLY TO BRIGHOUSE

This brief response touches on one aspect of Brighouse's critique, the development of autonomy. Against Brighouse's misrepresentation of the libertarian position, it is argued that for children to develop auton omy they must (i) be inducted into the values of the adult community b ut then (ii) be exposed to other communities' values and their justifi cation. Both elements are required for persons to make the choices and decisions of the autonomous life. Choice of school plays a positive r ob in the first element, but action must be taken to ensure that the s econd element is not overlooked.