Ethics and Education

The Right to Higher Education | Christopher Martin and Harry Brighouse (Higher Ed)

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Do we have a right to higher education? A conversation between philosophers of education Harry Brighouse and Christopher Martin. 

  • What is the point of higher education?
  • Why is there a right to higher education?
  • Should education be compulsory after 18?
  • Should tuition be free?
  • Plus: civic education, elite institutions, selection theatrics, and armchair sociology 

    • This is part of our series on the ethics of higher education.

    Further reading:

    • The Right to Higher Education: A Political Theory by Christopher Martin
    • Reflections on the Transition from Elite to Mass to Universal Access: Forms and Phases of Higher Education in Modern Societies since WWII by Martin Trow

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      Recorded remotely in July 2021.

      Music is "We Know" by Ketsa from the Free Music Archive, used under a creative commons license. 

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