Kirsten Meyer – författare

The education system is faced with many demands of justice. What these demands imply and how they are justified is, however, disputed. In this book, international contributors present cutting edge research to discuss the relationship between educational justice and the value of education.By combining reflections on educational justice with reflections on the human good and the aims of education, the book reveals that it is not enough to assess certain patterns of distribution; the value of what is to be distributed must also be clarified. In this respect, deliberations about the value of education have to play an integral part in giving an account of educational justice.

Questions addressed in the volume include:

- In what sense should justice, fairness and equality be realised in the education system? - How is educational equality related to equality of opportunity? - Is the main concern that everyone should be educated equally well – or just well enough?Education, Justice and the Human Good discusses the positional value of education and its relation to educational justice, emphasising that education is valuable not only for competitive reasons, but in its contribution to human flourishing. The book will appeal to those from the field of the philosophy of education as well as applied political philosophy, from undergraduates to professional academics.

The education system is faced with many demands of justice. What these demands imply and how they are justified is, however, disputed. In this book, international contributors present cutting edge research to discuss the relationship between educational justice and the value of education.By combining reflections on educational justice with reflections on the human good and the aims of education, the book reveals that it is not enough to assess certain patterns of distribution; the value of what is to be distributed must also be clarified. In this respect, deliberations about the value of education have to play an integral part in giving an account of educational justice.

Questions addressed in the volume include:

- In what sense should justice, fairness and equality be realised in the education system? - How is educational equality related to equality of opportunity? - Is the main concern that everyone should be educated equally well – or just well enough?Education, Justice and the Human Good discusses the positional value of education and its relation to educational justice, emphasising that education is valuable not only for competitive reasons, but in its contribution to human flourishing. The book will appeal to those from the field of the philosophy of education as well as applied political philosophy, from undergraduates to professional academics.

Gegenwärtig gibt es ein großes öffentliches Interesse an Fragen der Erziehung und Bildung. In der zeitgenössischen Philosophie spielen diese Fragen dagegen nur eine marginale Rolle. Ziel dieses Buches ist es daher, den Raum für eine systematische philosophische Diskussion zum Thema Bildung zu öffnen.In diesem Buch wird die Frage nach dem Wert von Bildung gestellt. Die Antwort basiert auf einem eigenen werttheoretischen Ansatz. Dieser wird auf den Wert von Autonomie, den Wert des Wissens und weitere relevante Werte angewendet. Durch eine Kritik an objektivistischen Konzeptionen des guten Lebens wird dieser Ansatz profiliert. Dies rückt Bildung als Thema der politischen Philosophie in den Blick. So geht die liberale Forderung nach staatlicher Neutralität mit einer solchen Kritik einher. Dieses Buch zeigt jedoch, dass und inwiefern auch liberale Positionen auf eine Vorstellung vom guten Leben angewiesen sind. Ein Beispiel dafür ist die Forderung nach Chancengleichheit, die für den Bildungsbereich von hoher Bedeutung ist.Für die antike Philosophie ergab sich das Interesse an Erziehungsfragen aus der Leitfrage nach dem menschlichen Glück und guten Leben. Durch eine Wiederbelebung dieser Verbindung wird Bildung hier erneut auf die philosophische Agenda gesetzt.