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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 25

      I believe in individual freedom, not giving some people the freedom to deny freedom to other people. That includes limiting the rights people have over their children's bodies and beliefs.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 25

      Our duty of care & discipline to our children should not include permanently modifying their bodies to mark their entry into our religion, political party or football team. The fact that the last two are clearly unethical to almost everyone should show the problem with the first.

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    3. Erbyenbe‏ @vrijomslachtig Oct 25
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      I don't know if you've ever talked about this before, but what's your take on religious schools? Should they be banned? I think they should.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 25
      Replying to @vrijomslachtig

      I don't think they should be state funded and however they are funded, they should be required to uphold a child's right to a full education.

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        2. Erbyenbe‏ @vrijomslachtig Oct 25
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But why should they exist at all, then? Don't you think by enrolling your kids in a religious school you reinforce segregation and also sort of 'push' your beliefs on your child?

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 25
          Replying to @vrijomslachtig

          I don't think they should exist. I don't think we can ban them from existing provided they don't deny the child any of their rights.

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        4. Erbyenbe‏ @vrijomslachtig Oct 25
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Ah you just don't think it's feasible. Is that because it's a constitutional thing? We have that over here too. I still think we should change it.

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 25
          Replying to @vrijomslachtig

          No, an ethical thing. We can't ban things we don't like unless they impact on somebody else's rights.

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        6. Erbyenbe‏ @vrijomslachtig Oct 25
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          My reasoning is personally that it impedes on the right to self-determination of children by giving them a Christian or Muslim or Hindu-bias of the world through education. A lot of kids come out of these schools - unsurprisingly - religious. I don't think that was their choice

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        7. Gaia Peregrine‏ @GaiaRiot Oct 25
          Replying to @vrijomslachtig @HPluckrose

          In that case we can go as far as to say that the school system impedes children’s rights to self determination given that they are forced into rote memorization of facts they could care less about and are not taught to critically think. See Unschooling as an alternative.

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        8. Erbyenbe‏ @vrijomslachtig Oct 25
          Replying to @GaiaRiot @HPluckrose

          I think the critical difference is that we know education is better for them. So even if they don't want it, they should get it. We don't know any particular religion is necessarily better for them. That should be up to them to figure out.

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