ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the groundwork for the federated disestablishment of education and state is laid. This is done by first justifying the use of a federal model of political association and then analysing the federalism of Amy Gutmann. This analysis will highlight two objections to Gutmann’s position. The first will focus on her model of the citizen and the teaching of Rawls’ morality of association as the aim of education. The second will focus on the coercive force of the state in her model of education. However, it is argued that Gutmann’s position should not be rejected and can be reconstructed stronger than before by recognising the coercive power of the economy and by including young people in the creation of their self and in turn the world they will inherit.
