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Moral Responsibility, Authenticity, and Education Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education 1. Education and Work in Great Britain, Germany and Italy Edited by A. Jobert, C. Marry, L. Tanguy and H. Rainbird 2. Education, Autonomy and Democratic Citizenship Philosophy in a Changing World Edited by David Bridges 3. The Philosophy of Human Learning Christopher Winch 4. Education, Knowledge and Truth Beyond the Postmodern Impasse Edited by David Carr 11. Education, Work and Social Capital Towards a New Conception of Vocational Education Christopher Winch 12. Philosophical Discussion in Moral Education The Community of Ethical Inquiry Tim Sprod 13. Methods in the Philosophy of Education Frieda Heyting, Dieter Lenzen and John White 5. Virtue Ethics and Moral Education Edited by David Carr and Jan Steutel 14. Life, Work and Learning Practice in Postmoderniity David Beckett and Paul Hager 6. Durkheim and Modern Education Edited by Geoffrey Walford and W. S. F. Pickering 15. Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking Christopher Winch 7. The Aims of Education Edited by Roger Marples 16. Anarchism and Education A Philosophical Perspective Judith Suissa 8. Education in Morality J. Mark Halstead and Terence H. McLaughlin 9. Lyotard: Just Education Edited by Pradeep A Dhillon and Paul Standish 10. Derrida & Education Edited by Gert J J Biesta and Denise Egéa-Kuehne 17. Cultural Diversity, Liberal Pluralism and Schools Isaiah Berlin and Education Neil Burtonwood 18. Levinas and Education At the Intersection of Faith and Reason Edited by Denise Egéa-Kuehne 19. Moral Responsibility, Authenticity, and Education Ishtiyaque Haji and Stefaan E. Cuypers Moral Responsibility, Authenticity, and Education Ishtiyaque Haji and Stefaan E. Cuypers New York London First published 2008 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2008 Taylor & Francis All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haji, Ishtiyaque. Moral responsibility, authenticity, and education / by Ishtiyaque Haji and Stefaan E. Cuypers. p. cm. — (Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; 19) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-415-96468-5 (hbk) ISBN-10: 0-415-96468-7 (hbk) 1. Responsibility. 2. Authenticity (Philosophy) 3. Education—Philosophy. I. Cuypers, Stefaan E., 1958- II. Title. BJ1451.H35 2008 370.11'4—dc22 ISBN 0-203-89514-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10: 0-415-96468-7 (hbk) ISBN10: 0-203-89514-2 (ebk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-96468-5 (hbk) ISBN13: 978-0-203-89514-6 (ebk) 2007050755 Ish dedicates this book to Shaheen Stefaan to his Four Loves: Ann, Paulien, Marjan and Louise Contents Acknowledgments 1 xi Introduction: The Metaphysics of Responsibility and Philosophy of Education 1 Moral Responsibility, Authenticity, and the Problem of