The State's democratic responsibility with respect to providing education.
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Authors
Scholes, V.
Keywords
Education
Education in society
Tertiary education
State responsibilities
Education in society
Tertiary education
State responsibilities
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Issue Date
2007
Peer-reviewed status
Type
Conference Paper
Language
en
Abstract
In this paper I will use an applied philosophy approach to comment on the provision of education in society. I will work through a consideration of the State�s responsibilities for the provision of education to children and adolescents, before turning to focus on tertiary education; that is, the education of adult learners. A central question I want to answer is whether New Zealand has a responsibility to provide some free tertiary education for adults. I will offer a very brief sketch of key responsibilities a democratic State (such as New Zealand) has,and draw on these in discussing the State�s responsibilities to provide an education system for children. I will then address the provision of tertiary education, arguing that the responsibility to facilitate representative democracy in society grounds an obligation for the State to offer some lower-level tertiary education for free in New Zealand.
Citation
Scholes, V. (2007). The State's democratic responsibility with respect to providing education. In AAP(NZ)Conference 2007 (the Australasian Association of Philosophy, NZ division), Auckland, New Zealand.