Reading R. S. Peters Today Analysis, Ethics, and the Aims of Education

Rereading R. S. Peters Today: Analysis, Ethics and the Aims of Education reassesses British philosopher Richard Stanley Peters' educational writings by examining them against the most recent developments in philosophy and practice. Critically reassesses R. S. Peters, a philosopher who had a profound influence on a generation of educationalists Brings clarity to a number of key educational questions Exposes mainstream, orthodox arguments to sympathetic critical scrutiny

Stefaan E. Cuypers is Professor of Philosophy at the Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium. Cuypers is the authors of Self-Identity and Personal Autonomy (2001), co-author of Moral Responsibility, Authenticity and Education (2008), and an invited contributor to The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education (2009). Christopher Martin is Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University, London. While he presently works in Philosophy of education, political and moral philosophy, Martin is a former school principal in Canada, where he taught in a number of subject areas such as literature science, and worked with students from kindergarten through high school.