The Aims of Higher Education
Problems of Morality and Justice
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The Aims of Higher Education
Problems of Morality and Justice
About This Book
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 financed, 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 overβeven as they underlie our educational policies and practices.The contributors tackle the biggest questions in higher education: What are the proper aims of the university? What role do the liberal arts play in fulfilling those aims? What is the justification for the humanities? How should we conceive of critical reflection, and how should we teach it to our students? How should professors approach their intellectual relationship with students, both in social interaction and through curriculum? What obligations do elite institutions have to correct for their historical role in racial and social inequality? And, perhaps most important of all: How can the university serve as a model of justice? The result is a refreshingly thoughtful approach to higher education and what it can, and should, be doing.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- One / Introduction: Problems of Morality and Justice in Higher Education
- Two / What Makes a University Education Worthwhile?
- Three / Defending the Humanities in a Liberal Society
- Four / Academic Friendship
- Five / Autonomy as Intellectual Virtue
- Six / Education and Social Moral Epistemology
- Seven / Righting Historical Injustice in Higher Education
- Eight / Modeling Justice in Higher Education
- Nine / Conclusion: Future Research on Values in Higher Education
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Index