
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,...

Preface and Acknowledgements; M. S. Katz. Introduction: Education, Democracy and the Moral Life: Where Opposites Collide; S. Verducci. 1. Education and the Ethics of Democratic Citizenship, R. D. Glass. 2. Is There A Right to Education? A Philosophical Analysis through U.S. Lenses;...