[SydPhil] University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series, Ryan Cox, (University of Sydney)

[Ryan Cox]

Hi everyone,

This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is Ryan Cox, (University of Sydney)

The title of the talk is "Educational Justice as Fairness". Here is an abstract for the talk:

Most, if not all, systems of education in advanced industrial societies fail to give all participants within them a fair chance. They are, in this respect, unfair. What makes them unfair? And what would it take to give all participants a fair chance? According to the dominant improper influence approach, they are unfair because some differences in educational outcomes within those systems of education are due to differences in things like social class background—things that are improper influences on differences in educational outcomes. To give all individuals a fair chance, on such an approach, would be to eliminate all such influences. In this presentation, I point to some difficulties with the improper influence approach and introduce a new approach to fairness in education: the fair chance approach. I argue that the fair chance approach provides a better explanation of what makes systems of education unfair when they are, and of what it would take to give all participants within them a fair chance.

The seminar will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday April 2 in the Philosophy Seminar Room (N494).

Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to ryan.cox at sydney.edu.au<mailto:ryan.cox at sydney.edu.au>

Ryan Cox
Associate Lecturer in Philosophy
Discipline of Philosophy
School of Humanities
University of Sydney
ryan.cox at sydney.edu.au
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