 Defenders of Locke argue that this critique underestimates the orientation of Locke’s education toward meaningful freedom. There are reasons for thinking that, under normal circumstances, the law of nature and the law of reputation will coincide with each other, minimizing the potential harms that come from people following the law of reputation (Stuart-Buttle 2017). Locke’s education is designed to increase compliance with natural law (Brady 2013). Much depends on whether one thinks conformity with natural law decreases or increases freedom. While it is true that Locke recognizes the social nature of the Lockean subject, Locke does not think habituation and autonomy are necessarily opposed (Koganzon 2016, Nazar 2017). Because human beings naturally conform to the prevailing norms in their society, in the absence of a Lockean education people would not be more free because they would simply conform to those norms. Locke’s education is designed to give children the ability, when they are older, to evaluate critically, and possibly reject, prevailing norms. Locke also assumes that the isolation of early childhood will end and that adolescent children will normally think differently from their parents (Koganzon 2016). In fact, Locke may even use custom to help people rationally evaluate their customary prejudices (Grant 2012).