Creating Frugal Citizens: The Liberal Egalitarian Case for Teaching Frugality

Autor/in	Zwarthoed, Danielle
Titel	Creating Frugal Citizens: The Liberal Egalitarian Case for Teaching Frugality
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 13 (2015) 3, S.286-307 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878515606620
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Money Management; Social Justice; Social Systems; Consumer Education; Personal Autonomy; Moral Values; Children; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Social system; Soziales System; Konsumerziehung; Individuelle Autonomie; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Child; Kind; Kinder; Belgien
Abstract	According to Agenda 21, the United Nation's action plan for sustainable development, "Governments and private sector organisations should promote more positive attitudes towards sustainable consumption through education, public awareness programmes and other means". But some could wonder whether the cultivation of frugal consumption habits in schools is compatible with basic liberal principles. This article argues that, in societies like ours, liberal egalitarian theories of justice should permit and even advocate teaching frugality in educational institutions. Liberal egalitarianism expects educational institutions to equip children with the abilities and virtues needed to live well by their own judgment and in compliance with just institutions. The article examines how frugality could be one of these virtues. First, frugality is conducive to better compliance with our distributive obligations towards the current poor and future generations. Second, frugality enables prospective adults to live well with their fair share of scarce resources, and even with less. Third, frugality increases autonomy and facilitates its exercise. The article thus concludes that liberal egalitarian institutions should encourage schools to teach frugality. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01