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The aims of higher education : problems of morality and justice / edited by Harry Brighouse and Michael McPherson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: 174 pages : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226259482 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 022625948X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780226259345 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.001
LOC classification:
  • LB 2324 A294 2015
Contents:
Introduction: problems of morality and justice in higher education / Harry Brighouse and Michael McPherson What makes a university education worthwhile? / Amy Gutman Defending the humanities in a liberal society / Christopher Bertram Academic friendship / Paul Weithman Autonomy as intellectual virtue / Kyla Ebels-Duggan Education and social moral epistemology / Allen Buchanan Righting historical injustice in higher education / Lionel K. McPherson Modeling justice in higher education / Erin I. Kelly Conclusion: future research on values in higher education / Harry Brighouse and Michael McPherson
Summary: 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 finances, how they should be run, and what their contributions to the economy are, the contributors to this volume set their sights on higher issues: ones of moral and political value. The result is an accessible clarification of the crucial concepts and goals we so often skip over - even as they underlie our educational policies and practices. -- Provided by publisher
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 2324 A294 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000192776

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: problems of morality and justice in higher education / Harry Brighouse and Michael McPherson
What makes a university education worthwhile? / Amy Gutman
Defending the humanities in a liberal society / Christopher Bertram
Academic friendship / Paul Weithman
Autonomy as intellectual virtue / Kyla Ebels-Duggan
Education and social moral epistemology / Allen Buchanan
Righting historical injustice in higher education / Lionel K. McPherson
Modeling justice in higher education / Erin I. Kelly
Conclusion: future research on values in higher education / Harry Brighouse and Michael McPherson

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 finances, how they should be run, and what their contributions to the economy are, the contributors to this volume set their sights on higher issues: ones of moral and political value. The result is an accessible clarification of the crucial concepts and goals we so often skip over - even as they underlie our educational policies and practices. -- Provided by publisher

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