Published: 2016-11-19

Educational justice as a category of philosophy of education

Krassimir Stojanov
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2016.2.37

Abstract

In this paper I first argue that we can reconstruct the norms of educational justice only if we understand and treat it as a category of the Philosophy of Education. In the second part of the paper I undertake such  reconstruction which outcomes could be summarized as follows: it is wrong to interpret educational justice in meritocratic terms, that is, as fair distribution of educational resources and opportunities according to achievements and/or assumed talents of the students. Moreover, I argue that it is generally incorrect to spell out educational justice as distributive justice. Instead, educational justice should be understood as relational justice. According to that understanding, educational institutions and pedagogical interactions are just, if they embody the recognition forms of empathy, moral respect and social esteem. This claim becomes particularly plausible, if we link it to the recent philosophical discussion on epistemic justice.

Keywords:

educational justice, philosophy of education, empathy, moral respect, social esteem

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Stojanov, K. (2016). Educational justice as a category of philosophy of education. Pedagogical Forum, 6(2/2), 187–201. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2016.2.37

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