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Easton, Christina Elizabeth (2023) LGBT-inclusive education in liberal pluralist societies. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 40 (3). pp. 550-568. doi:10.1111/japp.12650 ISSN 1468-5930.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12650
Abstract
What should be the aim of LGBT‐inclusive, state‐mandated curricula in liberal, pluralist societies? In this article, I identify two distinct aims that such curricula might have. The first, LGBT Respect, aims to teach that LGBT individuals have equal political status and rights. The second, LGBT Approval, aims to teach a positive attitude towards LGBT relationships, including that there is nothing wrongful about these forms of relationship. I examine what arguments in favour of these different aims are available to the liberal concerned with accommodating pluralism. To capture this concern, I adopt political liberalism's strict standard for legitimate political interventions that these must have justifications that all reasonable citizens can accept. This initially seems to recommend curricula that aim at LGBT Respect but stop short of LGBT Approval. Can the political liberal go any further? I propose and critically discuss the most promising arguments in favour of LGBT Approval, including the need to prevent harm to children, ensure political equality, and secure the social conditions needed for the development of the primary good of self‐respect. I tentatively conclude that there exists a cumulative case for state‐mandated curricula aiming at LGBT Approval, at least in the contingent, nonideal circumstances that currently obtain.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Homosexuality and education, Sexual minority students, Sexual minority youth -- Education, School environment -- Social aspects, Education -- Curricula -- Social aspects, Liberalism, Literature -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects, Sex instruction -- Great Britain | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Philosophy | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley ; Blackwell Publishing Ltd | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1468-5930 | ||||||||
Official Date: | July 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 40 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 550-568 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/japp.12650 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 March 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 April 2023 | ||||||||
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