Recent work on flourishing as the aim of education:: a critical review

Kristján Kristjánsson

doi:10.1080/00071005.2016.1182115

Recent work on flourishing as the aim of education: a critical review

Kristján Kristjánsson

Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues

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Abstract

Flourishing, understood along semi-Aristotelian lines, has re-emerged recently as an account of the ideal aim of education, for instance in works by educational philosophers Brighouse, White and de Ruyter. This article aims at critically reviewing this new paradigm, by subjecting it to philosophical and educational scrutiny. Throughout I compare and contrast this paradigm with Aristotelian flourishing, and explore the specific role of teachers as facilitators of students’ flourishing and sense of meaning

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-107
Journal	British Journal of Educational Studies
Volume	65
Issue number	1
Early online date	23 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2016.1182115
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

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flourishing
Aristotle
education
basic necessities
meaning

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