1st Edition
The Morality of the Mass Formal Schooling System Education, Rights, and Resistance
By Nicholas Parkin
Copyright 2026
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book delves into a novel philosophical and moral analysis of the mass formal schooling system. In the light of the routine and unjust systemic harm to primary- and secondary-aged children caused by the mass formal schooling system, the book acknowledges the need for making efforts towards non-harmful educational alternatives.
The book undertakes a rights-based and harm-rejecting critique... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Rights and the right not to be harmed
3. The mass formal schooling system I: history
4. The mass formal schooling system II: harm
5. Ends, means, and justifying schooling
6. Self- and other-defence I: justification and action
7. Self- and other-defence II: alternatives
8. Conclusion
Biography
Nicholas Parkin teaches humanities at Scots College, New Zealand.
