Pélabay, Janie <br/><br/>
Training the Liberal "Good Citizen": Moral and Civic Education Grappling with Pluralism 

 -  2011.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> With the aim of analysing the complex relationship between a morally 'robust'¯ civic education and pluralism, this article confronts and compares the stances of William Galston and Stephen Macedo. Based on their rejection of 'neutralist'¯ liberalism, both authors argue for the inculcation of values and virtues constitutive of the liberal 'good citizen'¯. However, the 'unity amid diversity'¯ challenge still divides them. The main oppositional node between their 'liberal-pluralist'¯ and 'civic-liberal'¯ standpoints is on the appropriate limits of the liberal state's educational intervention vis-ą-vis 'dissenting'¯ families and groups. This therefore opens up a potential clash of paternalisms. The article concludes with an emphasis on the theoretical and practical tensions and problems resulting from the use of a 'values'¯ lexicon to promote liberal democratic citizenship.