The Aims of Higher Education : Problems of Morality and Justice /

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In this book, philosopher Harry Brighouse and Spencer Foundation president Michael McPherson bring together leading philosophers to think about some of the most fundamental questions that higher education faces. Looking beyond the din of arguments over how universities should be financed, how they s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bertram, Christopher (Contribuidor), Brighouse, Harry (Contribuidor, Editor ), Buchanan, Allen (Contribuidor), Duggan, Kyla Ebels (Contribuidor), Gutmann, Amy (Contribuidor), Kelly, Erin I. (Contribuidor), McPherson, Michael (Editor ), Mcpherson, Lionel K. (Contribuidor), Mcpherson, Michael (Contribuidor), Weithman, Paul (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher > Moral and ethical aspects.
EDUCATION / General.
higher education, learning, teaching, morality, ethics, morals, judgement, justice, philosophy, economics, economy, university, college, undergraduate, politics, political, aims, liberal arts, justification, humanities, inequality, race, gender and sexuality, objectives, virtue, epistemology, future research, equality, equity, history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ONE. Introduction: Problems of Morality and Justice in Higher Education
  • TWO. What Makes a University Education Worthwhile?
  • THREE. Defending the Humanities in a Liberal Society
  • FOUR. Academic Friendship
  • FIVE. Autonomy as Intellectual Virtue
  • SIX. Education and Social Moral Epistemology
  • SEVEN. Righting Historical Injustice in Higher Education
  • EIGHT. Modeling Justice in Higher Education
  • NINE. Conclusion: Future Research on Values in Higher Education
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index

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