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Creating green citizens? Political liberalism and environmental education

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Derek Bell

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Abstract

This paper considers whether the promotion of an environmental ethic in schools is compatible with the political liberal's commitment to 'neutrality'. A new account of the implications of John Rawls's political liberalism for the 'basic structure' of education is developed. The prima facie incompatibility of political liberalism and the promotion of an environmental ethic is misleading. Rawls's political liberalism requires-as a matter of intergenerational justice-the promotion of the 'sustainability virtues'. Moreover, it permits the promotion of 'greener' ideals.

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Author(s): Bell DR

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Philosophy of Education

Year: 2004

Volume: 38

Issue: 1

Pages: 37-53

ISSN (print): 0309-8249

ISSN (electronic): 1467-9752

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0309-8249.2004.00362.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.0309-8249.2004.00362.x

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