Christopher Martin's book provides an original and comprehensive justification of higher education, which shapes a compelling vision of what universities and colleges should be doing. A major contribution to the philosophy of education, that should be read not just by philosophers, but by higher education teachers and leaders.
Christopher Martin is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Associate Member of the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science at The University of British Columbia. He is the author of Education in a Post-Metaphysical World (Bloomsbury Press, 2012), R.S. Peters (Bloomsbury Press, 2014; with Stefaan Cuypers), and Questioning the Classroom (Oxford University Press, 2016; with
Dianne Gereluk, Bruce Maxwell, and Trevor Norris). His research areas include political philosophy and the philosophy of education.