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Civic Education in an Age of Ecological Crisis: A Rawlsian Political Liberal Conception

Warnke, Jeffery H
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1461802361

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Foundations of Education: Philosophy of Education.
The ecological crisis as defined by the scientific community raises questions that challenge contemporary ethical, political, and educational theory. Situating the problem in the tradition of democratic theory, this study lays out a Rawlsian political liberal conception of sustainability that hinges upon a liberal conception of justice that places moral duties on the state, the citizen, and the educational institutions of contemporary societies. As such the idea of ecological integrity rises to the category of a matter of justice which requires a political principle of sustainability that functions as a normative precommitment. This normative precommitment in turn places moral duties on the government of democratic peoples and concomitantly the citizenry that are the source of legitimate democratic authority. The demanding role of citizenship in this conception thus places an imperative on education which by its nature is a normative activity and thus demands a renewed civic purpose for education that entails the sustainability as well as the stability of democratic society.
Dale Snauwaert, PhD (Committee Chair)
Lynne Hamer, PhD (Committee Member)
Revathy Kumar, PhD (Committee Member)
Vicki Dagostino, PhD (Committee Member)
Fuad Al-Daraweesh, PhD (Committee Member)
232 p.
Education; Education Philosophy; Environmental Justice; Environmental Philosophy; Ethics
Democracy; John Rawls; Political Liberalism, Education, Environmental Ethics; Citizenship; Justice; Public Reason

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  • Warnke, J. H. (2016). Civic Education in an Age of Ecological Crisis: A Rawlsian Political Liberal Conception [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1461802361

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Warnke, Jeffery. Civic Education in an Age of Ecological Crisis: A Rawlsian Political Liberal Conception. 2016. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1461802361.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Warnke, Jeffery. "Civic Education in an Age of Ecological Crisis: A Rawlsian Political Liberal Conception." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1461802361

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