This volume confronts the expected tension between care and justice as moral orientations. The essays, by renowned educators, reveal how these two moral orientations can work together to produce wiser and more practical policies and practices. The authors explore problems at every level of education and tackle tough questions in theory, practice and policy making. Using real-life examples, they illustrate the great value of theoretical collaboration - instead of competing with each other, justice and care can and should work together.

This volume has its origin in the Francis T. Villemain Memorial lectures at San Jose State University a lecture series established in 1992 to honor the memory of 1 Dean Francis T. Villemain. All the essays in this volume, with the exception of those by Gert Biesta, Susan Verducci, and Michael Katz, were developed from l- tures given as part of the series. The general rubric of the lectures was democracy, education, and the moral life a title reflecting Villemain s lifelong love of the work of John Dewey whose preface to his famous work in 1916, Democracy and Education, suggested that the...

This volume has its origin in the Francis T. Villemain Memorial lectures at San Jose State University a lecture series established in 1992 to honor the memory of 1 Dean Francis T. Villemain. All the essays in this volume, with the exception of those by Gert Biesta, Susan Verducci, and Michael Katz, were developed from l- tures given as part of the series. The general rubric of the lectures was democracy, education, and the moral life a title reflecting Villemain s lifelong love of the work of John Dewey whose preface to his famous work in 1916, Democracy and Education, suggested that the...