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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958630303321

Autore

Martin Christopher <1978 September 13->

Titolo

Education in a post-metaphysical world : rethinking educational policy and practice through Jürgen Habermas' discourse morality / / Christopher Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013

ISBN

9781472541109

1472541103

9781441111081

1441111085

9781283706209

1283706202

9781441122902

1441122907

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Classificazione

EDU040000

Disciplina

370.11/4

Soggetti

Education - Aims and objectives

Education - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I: Education and the Sources of Normativity. 1. What Kind of Concept is the Concept of Education? ; 2. Education, Worthwhileness and the Good ; 3. R.S. Peters' Theory of Justification ; 4. Jurgen Habermas' Discourse Morality Interlude: Kantian Constructivism and Education -- Part II: Discourse Morality and Education. 5. Applying Habermas' Discourse Principle to Education ; 6. Norms, Reasons and and Complex Proceduralism in Discourse Morality -- Conclusion: Complex Proceduralism and Public Understanding -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"What does it mean to say that a person has been educated? This question forms the basis of global education policy debates; from the way governments establish funding for national school systems, to the way children are treated in the classroom. Should there be a common



ethical core to such polices? What kind of educational process should aboriginal groups in Labrador, Canada, have a moral right to, and should this process be different from what children in New York's boroughs have claim to? Should a school-based curriculum, such as the UK's National Curriculum, make well-being a central concern or are there other ethical dimensions to be addressed? Christopher Martin explores these questions and argues that the best way to consider them is to view education as a matter of public moral understanding. He brings together traditions of thought central to philosophy of education, such as R.S. Peters, and connects this tradition to the moral philosophy and critical theory of Jurgen Habermas, whose theory of Discourse Morality has previously been given little attention in education circles."--Bloomsbury Publishing.