1st Edition

Education and the Individual

By Brenda Almond Copyright 1981
114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1981, Education and the Individual presents a reasoned case for maintaining the maximum freedom of choice in education in those areas where the interests of the individual and the state conflict. The book argues that ultimately the freedom to opt out of the education system altogether must be protected, as well as the freedom to choose a religious education in a secular... Read more
Preface; 1: Introduction; 2: Selective Education and the Goal of Equality; 3: The Issue of Independent Schools; 4: Parents and Children; 5: Relgious Freedom; 6: Morality, Politics and Indoctrination; 7: The Ideological Background: Mill or Marx?; 8: Education in a Liberal Society; 9: Human Rights: the International Understanding; Bibliography; Index

Biography

Brenda Almond Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Surrey, UK