(1997) Studies in Philosophy and Education 16 (1-2).
Rationality and human dignity
Confucius, Kant and scheffler on the ultimate aim of education
Ynhui Park
pp. 7-18
This paper argues that certain influential views to the contrary, without an overall aim of education no philosophy of education is neither complete nor intelligible. On this assumption, it intends to show i) that in spite of the absence of the explicit statement, a certain view on the ultimate aim of education implicitly underlies all specific educational views of Professor Scheffler, which should be defined in terms of rationality constituting human dignity, and which the author of the paper is convinced to be the most adquate among other competing views, and ii) that in this respect Professor Scheffler stands on the same line at least with two great philosophers of education: Confucius and Dewey.
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Park, Y. (1997). Rationality and human dignity: Confucius, Kant and scheffler on the ultimate aim of education. Studies in Philosophy and Education 16 (1-2), pp. 7-18.
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