Educating the reasonable : political liberalism and public education / / Frodo Podschwadek

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910523752803321
• Autore: Podschwadek Frodo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 3-030-84021-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 pages)
• Collana: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations ; ; v.17
• Disciplina: 379
• Soggetti: Education - Political aspects; Educació; Liberalisme; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Terminology -- 1.2 Questions for a Political Liberal Account of Education -- 1.3 Political v. Perfectionist Liberal Education -- 1.4 Aims and Scope -- 1.4.1 Cultural and Geographical Limits -- 1.4.2 Liberal Sectarian Limits -- 1.4.3 Limits of Justice -- 1.5 Preview -- References -- Chapter 2: Rawlsian Education: Preliminary Observations -- 2.1 Education in Rawls' Work -- 2.2 Minimal Civic Education -- 2.2.1 Cooperation -- 2.2.2 Being Self-Supporting -- 2.2.3 Political Virtues -- 2.3 The Development of a Political Virtue: The Sense of Justice -- 2.4 Education as Object of Public Reason -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Central Elements of Political Liberalism -- Chapter 3: Political Virtues -- 3.1 Virtues, Excellence, and the Aristotelian Principle -- 3.2 The Situationist Challenge -- 3.3 Social Norms in Political Theory -- 3.4 In Defence of Social Norms -- 3.5 Humean Virtues -- 3.6 Moral Formation in Virtue Education -- 3.7 Indirect Contributions to Virtue Education -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Autonomy -- 4.1 Varieties of Autonomy -- 4.2 Political Autonomy -- 4.3 Weak Autonomy -- 4.4 Self-Determination -- 4.5 Compulsory Education -- 4.6 Promoting Autonomy -- 4.7 The Range of Possible Life Options -- ; 4.8 Objections to Weak Autonomy -- 4.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Rights -- 5.1 Conceptions of Rights in Political Liberalism -- 5.2 Children -- 5.3 Parents -- 5.4 The State -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Application Cases -- Chapter 6: Religion -- 6.1 Public and Private Reasons -- 6.2 The Burden of Religiousness -- 6.3 Religious Reasons as Public Reasons -- 6.4 Disaggregation of Religious Reasons -- 6.5 Public and Private Schooling -- 6.6 Problems of Private Education -- 6.7 Education and the Unreasonable -- 6.8 Conclusion.; References -- Chapter 7: Same-Sex Relations in Education -- 7.1 The Tension with Deep Religious Commitments -- 7.2 The Assumed Moral Superiority of Heterosexual Relationships -- 7.3 Natural Law Theory: A Comprehensive Doctrine -- 7.4 Marriage as Unjust Institution -- 7.5 Limitations of Political Virtues and Autonomy Requirements -- 7.6 Same-Sex Relations, Sex Education and Self-Respect -- 7.7 Transgender Students -- 7.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Immigration and Integration -- 8.1 Borders in the Realistic Utopia -- 8.2 Utopian Migration -- 8.3 Political Status of Immigrants -- 8.3.1 Political Virtues -- 8.3.2 Autonomy -- 8.3.3 Rights -- 8.4 Integration -- 8.5 Separation -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.