1st Edition
Liberalism, Communitarianism and Education Reclaiming Liberal Education
By Patrick Keeney
Copyright 2007
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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Communitarian thinkers have identified important deficiencies in liberal thought, in particular the limits of the account of justice given in liberal theories. This book makes transparent for the reader the implications that the liberal account of justice has for our ways of thinking about education. Citing the work of John Rawls as the principal expression of contemporary liberal thought, Keeney... Read more
Preface, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 1 The Nature of the Enquiry, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 2 Political Philosophy and Educational Theory, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 3 The Two Liberal Traditions, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 4 The Priority of the Right and the Transcendental Subject, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 5 The Foundations of Right: Liberalism and the Social Contract Tradition, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 6 Liberalism Without Metaphysics: John Rawls and the Moral Subject, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 7 Alasdair MacIntyre: Morality After Virtue, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 8 Charles Taylor: Sources of the Modern Self, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 9 Philosophy of Education and Communitarianism, Patrick Keeney;
Biography
Patrick Keeney is an independent scholar
’Keeney's book is an interesting contribution to the debate about education.’ Ethical Perspectives
