How Not to be a Hypocrite: School Choice for the Morally Perplexed Parent

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ISBN: 9780415311175 | 0415311179
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Copyright: 5/9/2003

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Many of us believe in social justice and equality of opportunity - but we also want the best for our kids. Does a commitment to social justice require one to send one's children to the local public school - however poor its academic results? Is it hypocritical to disapprove of private schools but justify sending your own child to one? Some parents feel guilty but don't need to. Others should feel guilty and don't. This book is the guide to school choice that morally perplexed parents have been waiting for.

Preface

Introduction

(6)

PART I Choosing the school rules

(76)

What can I do for my children?

(12)

Parental partiality v equality of opportunity

(4)

An unbiased test for how biased we can be

(2)

Does a good parent have to pass the test?

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

What am I buying?

(13)

Education as a positional good

(2)

Education as an intrinsic good

(5)

Competition for intrinsically valuable goods

(1)

Conclusion

(3)

What's wrong with selection?

(14)

Selection against community

(2)

The effect of selection on educational standards

(3)

Selection good for everybody?

(2)

Objections to selection as further objections to private schools

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

The real world

(17)

Where values conflict

(4)

Unpacking real world constraints

(2)

Realism about resources

(2)

Is reform futile?

(3)

Is reform inefficient?

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

Respecting parents' rights

(18)

Rights and duties

(2)

Do parents have a right to go private or selective?

(3)

Legitimate partiality and the act of voting

(4)

Voting to avoid inadequate schools

(2)

Conclusion

(5)

Conclusion to Part I

(3)

PART II Choosing schools given the rules

(83)

Hypocrisy, sincerity and justified choices

(11)

Hypocrisy

(3)

Sincerity

(3)

Making society a bit fairer -- education v money

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

Legitimate partiality and school choice

(18)

Justification 1: Opting out is a basic human right

(1)

Justification 2: I have a legal right to opt out

(1)

Justification 3: My fellow citizens have democratically decided that I should be allowed to opt out

(2)

Justification 4: A parent has a duty to get the best possible education for her children

(4)

Justification 5: It's wrong for a parent to impose her values on her children

103

(3)

Justification 6: It's wrong for a parent to sacrifice her children to her political principles

106

(3)

Justification 7: It's wrong for a parent to sacrifice her children to her career

109

(2)

Justification 8: It's wrong for a parent to sacrifice her children to a political cause

111

(2)

Conclusion

113

(1)

How good is good enough?

114

(22)

Justification 9: Opting out is the only way to get proper attention for his special needs

114

(1)

Justification 10: Opting out is the only way to prevent his being bullied

114

(1)

Justification 11: Opting out is the only way to prevent his suffering emotional or psychological harm

115

(4)

Justification 12: Opting out is the only way to ensure he avoids a life of poverty

119

(6)

Justification 13: Opting out is the only way for us to sustain our close familial relationship

125

(1)

Justification 14: Opting out is the only way for him to get an intrinsically valuable education

125

(5)

Justification 15: Opting out is the only way to give him a fair chance in life

130

(4)

Conclusion

134

(2)

The futility of individual choice?

136

(17)

Justification 16: Sending him to the local comprehensive won't achieve anything

136

(12)

Justification 17: Opting out will do more -- in the long run -- to bring about educational justice

148

(3)

Conclusion

151

(2)

Home affairs

153

(13)

Justification 18: My child's other parent thinks we're justified in opting out

154

(3)

Justification 19: My child thinks we're justified in opting out

157

(1)

Justification 20: Opting out of the state system to avoid the local comprehensive is no worse than moving into the catchment area of a better one

158

(6)

Conclusion

164

(2)

Conclusion

166

(18)

Questionnaire on private schools

175

(5)

Questionnaire on selective schools

180

(4)

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How Not to be a Hypocrite: School Choice for the Morally Perplexed Parent

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