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In the Summer 1981 edition of The Journal of Educational Administration James D. Kaminsky published a philosophical analysis of the celebrated “Freedom and Authority Memorandum” delivered to South Australian public schools in the early 1970s by the then Director‐General of Education, A. W. Jones. In a later edition of the J.E.A. (Winter 1983) Smithson took issue with Kaminsky on several aspects of his analysis. A rejoinder from Kaminsky accompanied Smithson's paper. In this article (which closes off the debate) Smithson seeks to clarify some of the issues debated and, in particular, his own position.