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"Swift uses the weapon of moral philosophy in clear English devestatingly to demonstrate the social and moral disfunctionality of the dominance of Britain's private schools in our education system and the shallowness of the arguments supporting them. This is the most intellectually aggressive case for state education in recent times." - Will Huttonls it fair that our education system permits children's chances in life to be influenced by their parents' ability and willingness to pay?; "Swift uses the weapon of moral philosophy in clear English devestatingly to demonstrate the social and moral disfunctionality of the dominance of Britain's private schools in our education system and the shallowness of the arguments supporting them. This is the most intellectually aggressive case for state education in recent times." - Will Hutton
Times Educational Supplement
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What can I do for my children? Usually this question is practical, not moral. Read the first page
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Adam Swift's book manages to combine the tools of carefulness and readability. He uses the tools of contemporary political philosophy to address the question of how far parents may favour their own children consistent with a commitment to social justice. Free marketeers and libertarians aren't going to like his hostility to private schooling; moralistic Guardianistas aren't going to appreciate the scope he gives to parents to use those very schools under some circumstances. Whatever your prior assumptions about what it is right for parents to do for their children this book will certainly make you examine them.
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This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. You cannot use hypocrisy as a tool to combat hypocrisy its just silly. The ideas presented are in no way cogent, the rationalizations are contrived and dubious.
No book written on the assumption that life should be completely fair can hope to stand against the harshness of reality.
No book written on the assumption that life should be completely fair can hope to stand against the harshness of reality.
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