Fair Opportunity in Education: A Democratic Equality Perspective.

The article discusses equal opportunity in education and the responsibilities that the educated have toward society. The author states that academic debated on equality in education has shifted from a standard of equality to adequacy, so that children from rich and poor areas attain an adequate leve...

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Published in:Ethics Vol. 117; no. 4; pp. 595 - 623
Main Author: Anderson, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Jul2007
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