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Theory and Research in Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, 111-126 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1477878504043439

School Choice and the Burdens of Justice

Matthew Clayton

University of Warwick, UK

David Stevens

University of Nottingham, UK, David.Stevens{at}nottingham.ac.uk

This paper takes issue with Swift’s argument for the claim that parents who affirm equality of opportunity can justifiably buy advantageous private schooling if it is necessary to ensure educational adequacy for their children. We advance a number of reasons of justice and morality that support the view that egalitarian parents ought to accept a degree of educational inadequacy: parents have a pro tanto reason to share the burdens of injustice; it is not obvious that the legitimacy of parental partiality is as extensive in unjust circumstances as it is under just arrangements; we have some duty of justice to accept inadequacy for our children in the fight for the realization of educational justice; and we might be morally required to accept more than a fair share of the burden of establishing just educational institutions.

Key Words: equality of opportunity • fairness • justice • legitimate partiality • morality • private education


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