The Value of Education

Journal of Philosophy of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-331

  Reid, Andrew ^a  

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EID: 0041125384     PISSN: 03098249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.00098     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Peters, R. S., Ethics and Education (Allen and Unwin, 1966) pp. 27-30 and 114-116; Downie, R. S., Loudfoot, E. M. and Telfer, E., Education and Personal Relationships (Methuen, 1974), pp. 44-71.
2. Peters, R. S., Ethics and Education (Allen and Unwin, 1966) pp. 27-30 and 114-116; Downie, R. S., Loudfoot, E. M. and Telfer, E., Education and Personal Relationships (Methuen, 1974), pp. 44-71.
3. Korsgaard, Christine M., Creating the Kingdom of Ends (Cambridge, 1996) pp. 249-274.
4. Ibid., pp. 253-256.
5. Zagzebski, Linda Trinkaus, Virtues of the Mind (Cambridge, 1996).
6. White, John, The Aims of Education Restated (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982); 'The Aims of Personal and Social Education' in: White, P. (ed), Personal and Social Education: Philosophical Perspectives (Institute of Education, University of London, 1989); Education and the Good Life (Kogan Page, 1990); Education and Personal Well-Being in a Secular Universe (Institute of Education, University of London, 1995).
7. White, John, The Aims of Education Restated (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982); 'The Aims of Personal and Social Education' in: White, P. (ed), Personal and Social Education: Philosophical Perspectives (Institute of Education, University of London, 1989); Education and the Good Life (Kogan Page, 1990); Education and Personal Well-Being in a Secular Universe (Institute of Education, University of London, 1995).
8. White, John, The Aims of Education Restated (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982); 'The Aims of Personal and Social Education' in: White, P. (ed), Personal and Social Education: Philosophical Perspectives (Institute of Education, University of London, 1989); Education and the Good Life (Kogan Page, 1990); Education and Personal Well-Being in a Secular Universe (Institute of Education, University of London, 1995).
9. White, John, The Aims of Education Restated (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982); 'The Aims of Personal and Social Education' in: White, P. (ed), Personal and Social Education: Philosophical Perspectives (Institute of Education, University of London, 1989); Education and the Good Life (Kogan Page, 1990); Education and Personal Well-Being in a Secular Universe (Institute of Education, University of London, 1995).
10. See, for example, Harsanyi, John C., 'Morality and the theory of rational behaviour' and Mirrlees, J. A., 'The economic uses of utilitarianism', in: Sen, A. and Williams, B. (eds), Utilitarianism and Beyond (Cambridge, 1982).
11. See, for example, Harsanyi, John C., 'Morality and the theory of rational behaviour' and Mirrlees, J. A., 'The economic uses of utilitarianism', in: Sen, A. and Williams, B. (eds), Utilitarianism and Beyond (Cambridge, 1982).
12. See, for example, Gutmann, A., 'What's the use of going to school?', in: Sen and Williams, op. cit.
13. Griffin, James, Well-Being (Oxford, 1986).
14. Sumner, L. W., Welfare, Happiness and Ethics (Oxford, 1996).
15. Griffin, op. cit. pp. 16-17.
16. See, for example, Shoemaker, Sydney, The First-Person Perspective and Other Essays (Cambridge, 1996) chs.2, 3, 8.
17. On objective list accounts of well-being, see Parfit, Derek, Reasons and Persons (Oxford, 1987), Appendix I; Hooker, Brad, 'Does moral virtue constitute a benefit to the agent?' in: Crisp, R. (ed), How Should One Live? (Oxford, 1996); Scanlon, Thomas, 'Value, desire and quality of life', in: Nussbaum, M. and Sen, A. (eds), The Quality of Life (Oxford, 1993). On intuitive plausibility, see Lemos, N., Intrinsic Value (Cambridge, 1994), pp. 144-152, and Griffin, J., Value Judgement (Oxford, 1996) pp. 6-8.
18. On objective list accounts of well-being, see Parfit, Derek, Reasons and Persons (Oxford, 1987), Appendix I; Hooker, Brad, 'Does moral virtue constitute a benefit to the agent?' in: Crisp, R. (ed), How Should One Live? (Oxford, 1996); Scanlon, Thomas, 'Value, desire and quality of life', in: Nussbaum, M. and Sen, A. (eds), The Quality of Life (Oxford, 1993). On intuitive plausibility, see Lemos, N., Intrinsic Value (Cambridge, 1994), pp. 144-152, and Griffin, J., Value Judgement (Oxford, 1996) pp. 6-8.
19. On objective list accounts of well-being, see Parfit, Derek, Reasons and Persons (Oxford, 1987), Appendix I; Hooker, Brad, 'Does moral virtue constitute a benefit to the agent?' in: Crisp, R. (ed), How Should One Live? (Oxford, 1996); Scanlon, Thomas, 'Value, desire and quality of life', in: Nussbaum, M. and Sen, A. (eds), The Quality of Life (Oxford, 1993). On intuitive plausibility, see Lemos, N., Intrinsic Value (Cambridge, 1994), pp. 144-152, and Griffin, J., Value Judgement (Oxford, 1996) pp. 6-8.
20. On objective list accounts of well-being, see Parfit, Derek, Reasons and Persons (Oxford, 1987), Appendix I; Hooker, Brad, 'Does moral virtue constitute a benefit to the agent?' in: Crisp, R. (ed), How Should One Live? (Oxford, 1996); Scanlon, Thomas, 'Value, desire and quality of life', in: Nussbaum, M. and Sen, A. (eds), The Quality of Life (Oxford, 1993). On intuitive plausibility, see Lemos, N., Intrinsic Value (Cambridge, 1994), pp. 144-152, and Griffin, J., Value Judgement (Oxford, 1996) pp. 6-8.
21. On objective list accounts of well-being, see Parfit, Derek, Reasons and Persons (Oxford, 1987), Appendix I; Hooker, Brad, 'Does moral virtue constitute a benefit to the agent?' in: Crisp, R. (ed), How Should One Live? (Oxford, 1996); Scanlon, Thomas, 'Value, desire and quality of life', in: Nussbaum, M. and Sen, A. (eds), The Quality of Life (Oxford, 1993). On intuitive plausibility, see Lemos, N., Intrinsic Value (Cambridge, 1994), pp. 144-152, and Griffin, J., Value Judgement (Oxford, 1996) pp. 6-8.
22. Kekes, J., The Morality of Pluralism (Princeton, 1993) pp. 46-47; see also Parfit, op. cit., ch. 15.
23. Kekes, J., The Morality of Pluralism (Princeton, 1993) pp. 46-47; see also Parfit, op. cit., ch. 15.
24. MacIntyre, A., Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry (Duckworth, 1990), pp. 63-64; see also Haldane, J., 'MacIntyre's Thomist Revival: What Next?', in: Horton, J. and Mendus, S., After MacIntyre (Polity, 1994) pp. 96-97.
25. MacIntyre, A., Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry (Duckworth, 1990), pp. 63-64; see also Haldane, J., 'MacIntyre's Thomist Revival: What Next?', in: Horton, J. and Mendus, S., After MacIntyre (Polity, 1994) pp. 96-97.
26. See White's remark: "Ability in this context is not a given thing, but a goal" in his paper The curriculum mongers: education in reverse' (reprinted in Hooper, R. (ed), The Curriculum: Context, Design, and Development (Oliver and Boyd/Open University, 1971, p. 275)).
27. Bantock, G. H., Freedom and Authority in Education (2nd ed. Faber, 1970) pp. 66-69.
28. See, for example, Griffin, op. cit., ch. VIII; Raz, Joseph, The Morality of Freedom (Oxford, 1986) pp. 313-320.
29. See, for example, Griffin, op. cit., ch. VIII; Raz, Joseph, The Morality of Freedom (Oxford, 1986) pp. 313-320.
30. See, for example, Railton, Peter, 'Alienation, consequentialism and the demands of morality', in: Scheffler, S. (ed), Consequentialism and its Critics (Oxford, 1988); Flanagan, Owen, Varieties of Moral Personality (Harvard, 1991) chs. 1-4.
31. See, for example, Railton, Peter, 'Alienation, consequentialism and the demands of morality', in: Scheffler, S. (ed), Consequentialism and its Critics (Oxford, 1988); Flanagan, Owen, Varieties of Moral Personality (Harvard, 1991) chs. 1-4.
32. For an illuminating discussion of the possibilities involved, see Slote, Michael: From Morality to Virtue (Oxford, 1992) pp. 201-217.
33. Sumner, op. cit., pp. 79-80.
34. Hurka, Thomas, Perfectionism (Oxford, 1993), pp. 17-18; Griffin, op. cit., ch. IV; Sumner, op. cit., pp. 69-80 and 208-217.
35. Hurka, Thomas, Perfectionism (Oxford, 1993), pp. 17-18; Griffin, op. cit., ch. IV; Sumner, op. cit., pp. 69-80 and 208-217.
36. Hurka, Thomas, Perfectionism (Oxford, 1993), pp. 17-18; Griffin, op. cit., ch. IV; Sumner, op. cit., pp. 69-80 and 208-217.
37. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference on Philosophy, Education and Culture, University of Edinburgh, September 1997, which was organised by the Scottish branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, and the Centre for Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews.