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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Christopher, 1978 September 13- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habermas, Jürgen.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Education.

Education--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781472541109

1472541103

9781441111081

1441111085

9781283706209

1283706202

9781441122902

1441122907

OCLC:

818319005