Inadequate for democracy: How (not) to distribute education

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The, Alexandra Oprea [1 ]
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[1] Australian Natl Univ, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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education; democracy; adequacy; equality; sufficientarianism; egalitarianism; relational equality; democratic education; distributive justice; education finance litigation; education policy; EQUALITY; ADEQUACY; SUFFICIENCY; OPPORTUNITY;
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10.1177/1470594X20924667
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B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
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There is widespread agreement among philosophers and legal scholars that the distribution of educational resources in the US is unjust, but little agreement about why. An increasingly prominent view posits a sufficientarian standard based on the requirements of democratic citizenship. This view, which I refer to as democratic sufficientarianism, argues that inequalities in educational resources or opportunities above the threshold required for democratic citizenship are morally unobjectionable if and only if all children are provided with an education sufficient to meet those demands. In the article, I argue that democratic sufficientarianism faces a democratic education dilemma. Either the philosopher specifies a precise and demanding threshold with antidemocratic implications, or she insists upon democratic equality irrespective of educational achievements, thereby undercutting the search for anything but a minimal educational threshold. As an alternative, I defend a new sufficientarian standard that is reflexive, education-specific, and democracy-compatible. This reflexive sufficientarian standard can act as a guide to democratic deliberation about education policy. The article also sketches possibilities for litigation on behalf of children who have received insufficient primary education.
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