“We are our choices”, declared Jean-Paul Sartre. Attractive as that may seem, Joseph Raz would alter this aphorism to read: we are our choices if we have arrived at them autonomously – requiring minimum rationality, independence from coercion, and importantly, an adequate range of options to choose from.[1] Admittedly a mouthful, this redefinition is crucial… More The shaky philosophical foundation of state subsidised cultural institutions