JOHN S DRUMMOND is Senior Lecturer in Nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Dundee, UK. His research includes philosophy, the humanities and social theory applied to nursing and health care. He is co-founder and the current treasurer of The International Philosophy of Nursing Society.PAUL STANDISH is Professor of Philosophy of Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He is a leading figure in this field and Editor of the Journal of Philosophy of Education. Previous publications include The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Education and The Therapy of Education (Palgrave Macmillan).

• Introduction: Philosophical Enquiry into Education; J.Drummond & P.StandishPART 1: ETHICS OF EDUCATION AND PRACTICENursing, and the Notion of Virtue as a 'Regulative Ideal'; P.A.ScottPhilosophy and Health Education: the case of lung cancer and smoking; P.Allmark and A.ToddFoucault, Nurse Counselling and Narrative Therapy; T.BesleyPART 2: PROFESSION, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICECare, Sensibility and Judgment; M.LuntleyPractice and its informing knowlege: an Aristotelian understanding J.DunneProfession and Practice: The Higher Education of Nursing; P.StandishPART 3: CURRICULUM AND EXPERTISEThe Myth of the Golden Mean: Professional Knowledge and the Problem of Curriculum Design; G.LumDistributed Expertise and the Education Reflex; J.PaleyParticularizing the General: Challenges in Teaching the Structure of Evidence Based Nursing Practice; S.Thorne & R.SawatzkyPART 4: POLITICS OF EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETYLittle Narratives of Nursing: Education in a Postmodern World; G.RolfeCare of the Self in a Knowledge Economy: Higher Education, Vocation and the Ethics of Michael Foucault; J.DrummondGadamer's Enigma of Health: Can Health be Reduced?; M.Peters, K.Hammond & J.Drummond.