Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

citizenship, religion, nationality, or sexual preference. However, when looking at its history, one learns that freedom has a cost, equality isn’t necessarily equal, and justice may be anything but just. In order to understand these ideas and foundations, one must first grasp…

American community, the hard work and labor of an individual will not only allow them to exceed and gain but also bring forward the African American community along with them in this advancement and success. By coming together and excelling in particular areas, African Americans will eventually be able to master and exceed beyond a point where they will no longer be indispensable to that field of work. In his book, Washington states, “...the individual who can do something that the world wants…

another person (2002, p. 8). Moreover, if a person causes “harm” to another person, society may step in and dole out punishment as it sees fit (2002, p. 10). These two principles together construct Mill’s harm principle. Plato, however, believes an individual…

believes that individuals should be taught by experiencing the world around them in addition to being with their friends rather than being taught by having a traditional education where the setting is in the classroom. Socrates viewed education like an individual quest, making the student responsible for obtaining the knowledge they need to succeed in life, while the teacher is purely a guide for the student. Socrates method was to question the students as well as guide them in the right…

with the rest of the world. Philosophers and economist have advocated an economic system based on a free market; what one may call economic freedom. To promote economic freedom, a society must maintain a government that recognizes an individual’s right to produce,…

strategies, actions plans and initiatives that share a focal point of Aboriginal education/employment (Government of Western Australia, n.d.), health maintenance, disease prevention and management. A campaign that shares this goal is that of ‘Close the Gap’, a government funded promotion that employs a focus to reduce indigenous disadvantage with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood education, educational achievement, and employment outcomes in order to reduce…

Education serves as the basis of a society and in such way has it been for hundreds of years. Aristotle once made a statement that said: ”The roots of education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet”. But who reaps the fruits of education? You might have thought that it is only the individual who studies that benefits from education, but as President Barack Obama said in his speech “Back to School”, education is not just a matter of the individual it is in the highest degree a matter for the…

classes of rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: civil, social, and political. Social rights deal with social benefits, such as health and education. According to the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative website, social rights “guarantee that every person be afforded conditions under which they are able to meet their needs” (nesri.org). Examples of social rights would be the rights to education, food, health, housing, social security, and work. Political rights…

Parliament. As a result, the leaders of the revolution created The Declaration of Independence which would protect the rights of the people and increase quality of life. This was originated by the founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin which of who were heavily influenced by western philosophy. The 10 amendments were created to protect the people of their individual rights as they strongly believed that all men are created equal, which are still important political…

Personal Development Analysis: Gilligan’s Theory of Women’s Moral Development and Baxter Magolda’s Theory of Self-Authorship Introduction Reflecing on my intellectual development, as well as my journey to self-authorship, in regard to my educational journey, I have found that the theories that resonated the most for me were Gilligan’s Theory of Moral Development and Baxter Magolda’s Theory of Self-Authorship. In order to describe the ways in which these theories related to these educational…