The Morality of School Choice

Autor/in	Swift, Adam
Titel	The Morality of School Choice
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 2 (2004) 1, S.7-21 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878504040574
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Public Schools; Parent Attitudes; Decision Making; Private Schools; School Choice; Educational Vouchers; Moral Values; Social Justice; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elternverhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Summarising the arguments of "How Not to Be A Hypocrite: School Choice for the Morally Perplexed Parent" (Routledge Falmer 2003), the article discusses three questions. The first is whether parents who disapprove of elite private schools to such an extent that they would vote to ban them are acting hypocritically or inconsistently with their principles if they send their children to such schools. My answer is that they need not be. The second is whether parents should have the option of sending their children to such schools; whether those schools should be allowed to exist. My answer is that they should not. The third is whether, given that such schools do exist, parents are justified in sending their children to them. My answer is that in certain circumstances they may be, but that most of those who opt for such schools are not justified in doing so. As long as the state school is "good enough", parents should send their children to that school, even where it would not be as good for their children as would private alternatives. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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