Rawls, Citizenship, and Education

This book develops and applies a unified interpretation of John Rawls' theory of justice as fairness in order to clarify the account of citizenship that Rawls relies upon, and the kind of educational policies that the state can legitimately pursue to promote social justice. Costa examines the role of the family as the "first school of justice" and its basic contribution to the moral and political development of children. It also argues that schools are necessary to supplement the education that families provide, teaching the political virtues that support just social institutions. The book also examines the questions of whether civic education should aim at cultivating patriotic feelings, and how it should respond to the deep cultural pluralism of contemporary democratic societies.

List of contents

Acknowledgments 1: Introduction 2: What is a Just Society? 3: Stability and Social Change 4: The Family 5: Reasonable Citizens 6: Free and Equal Citizens 7: Patriotism 8: Cultural Diversity 9: Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Victoria Costa is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Illinois State University.

Product details

• Authors: M Victoria Costa, M. Victoria Costa, Victoria Costa, Costa Victoria
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415754385
• ISBN: 978-0-415-75438-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education