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The Value of Education
Author(s) -
Reid Andrew
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.00098
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , sociology , philosophy of education , library science , social science , media studies , higher education , pedagogy , political science , law , computer science , machine learning
Education must be good for something, and personal well‐being is a plausible candidate for this role. The informed desired account of personal well‐being has particular advantages so far as education is concerned, but it is vulnerable to criticism on grounds relating to the objectivity of prudential value. Accounts which avoid this problem, on the other hand, are exposed to objections from the libertarian standpoint, and in terms of their adequacy to reflect the distinctive value of education. This paper attempts to defend an objectivist account of personal well‐being as the value of education against these criticisms.