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118Justice, instruction, and the good: The case for public education in Aristotle and Plato'sLawsStudies in Philosophy and Education 13 (1): 1-31. 1994.This paper develops an interpretation and analysis of the arguments for public education which open Book VIII of Aristotle's Politics , drawing on both the wider Aristotelian corpus and on examination of continuities with Plato's Laws . Part III : Sections VIII-XI examine the two arguments which Aristotle adduces in support of the claim that education should be provided through a public system. The first of these arguments concerns the need to unify society through education for friendship and t…Read more
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36Connected Learning and the Foundations of Psychometrics: A RejoinderJournal of Philosophy of Education 40 (1): 17-29. 2006.This paper continues an exchange between its author and Andrew Davis. Part I addresses the attribution and ontological status of mental constructs and argues that philosophical work on these topics does not undermine high stakes testing. Part II examines the significance for testing of the connectedness of meaningful learning. Part III addresses the high stakes in high stakes testing in connection with the risk entailed by limited scoring reliability. It concludes that there is no straightforwar…Read more
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Fred D. Miller, Jr., Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics , xvii + 424 pp., Cloth $49.95, Paper $24.95 (review)Reason Papers 22 144-153. 1997.
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38Aristotle on the Necessity of Public EducationRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2000.Aristotle regarded law and education as the two fundamental and deeply interdependent tools of political art, making the use of education by the statesman a topic of the first importance in his practical philosophy. The present work develops the first comprehensive treatment of this neglected topic, and assesses the importance of Aristotle's defense of public education for current debates about school choice and privatization, and educational equality
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31Justice, instruction, and the good: The case for public education in Aristotle and Plato's LawsStudies in Philosophy and Education 11 (4): 293-311. 1993.This paper develops an interpretation and analysis of the arguments for public education which open Book VIII of Aristotle's Politics, drawing on both the wider Aristotelian corpus and on examination of continuities with Plato's Laws. Part I: The paper opens with the question of why Aristotle would say that no one will doubt that education should be the concern of the legislator, and Sections I–III identify the nature of his enterprise in the Politics, the audience he wishes to address, the conc…Read more
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3Cultivating the intellectual and moral virtuesIn David Carr & J. W. Steutel (eds.), Virtue Ethics and Moral Education, Routledge. pp. 67--81. 1999.
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Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Moral Psychology, Misc |
Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Education, Misc |