Moral and Political Education: Nomos XLIII

What are the proper aims of education in a liberal democracy? Given the deep disagreement about moral and religious values in modern societies, what is the proper balance between public and private claimants to educational authority? Should parents be given greater control over their children's formal education? Are today's public schools promoting a culture of rootless individualism? Do we increasingly resort to prisons and punishment instead...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814756751
• ISBN13: 9780814756751
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.5"