Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article recognizes the importance of rights-talk in the law of education, but encourages supplementing that rights-talk with a focus on some basic and largely uncontroversial personal and civic virtues; as well as on perfectionism in the sense of self-realization; and finally on genuine cultural progress over time. Each of these areas of emphasis are argued to be compatible with sound understandings of broadly liberal values, including freedom and autonomy; equality; dignity; and community. To illustrate both the problems and the possibilities of this expanded legal focus throughout the law of education, this article then works through the example of the Supreme Court's recent Horne v. Flores case.
First Page
385
Last Page
438
Publication Date
4-1-2011
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Wright, R. George
(2011)
"The Law of Education: Educational Rights and the Roles of Virtues, Perfectionism, and Cultural Progress,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 31:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Suggested Citation
R. George Wright, The Law of Education: Educational Rights and the Roles of Virtues, Perfectionism, and Cultural Progress, 31 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 385 (2011).
