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The Value of Education: A Reply to Andrew Reid
Author(s) -
White John
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1111/1467-9752.00203
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , psychology , psychoanalysis , sociology , mathematics , statistics
Andrew Reid's essay on the value of education in this journal distinguished the intrinsic features of education from what education is for, the latter being ultimately located in the promotion of personal well‐being. At a meta‐ethical level, this response accepts Reid's claim about ultimate location, but challenges his view that prudential goods are desire‐independent, arguing for a desire‐dependent conception based on supra‐individual, but not always universal‐human, preferences. It also questions his claim that the source of educational value lies in the intrinsic features of education, rejecting the suggestion that epistemological rather ethical considerations should be the starting‐point.