The purpose of this article is to assess the relevance, i.e.: the interest as well as the limitations, of moral minimalism in the field of education as developed by the French philosopher Ruwen Ogien. Based on the fact of “reasonable pluralism” (J. Rawls), this article sees the development of individual autonomy as the correct expression of this minimalism. But it faces severe limitations as far as education is concerned, such as the obligation for parents and for society to educate children, and also the reality of a societal culture (notably capitalism) that imposes on people social hierarchies, choices and preferences. Hence the responsibility to educate cannot be minimal: education is always for the adult wishing to exercise influence.