R. S. Peters

Stefaan E. Cuypers is Professor of Philosophy in the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Leuven, Belgium.Christopher Martin is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Canada.

• Series Editor's PrefaceForeword, John White (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)AknowledgmentsPart I: Intellectual Biography 1. Peters' Analytic Paradigm in the Philosophy of EducationPart II: Critical Exposition of R.S. Peters' Educational Thought2. The Concept of Education, Aims, and Educational Processes 3. Initiation and the Educated Person4. The Ethical Justification of Education5. Liberal Education, the Quality of Life, and Teacher Training6. Comprehensive Moral Education and Personal Autonomy7. Educating the Emotions and the Life of ReasonPart III: Reception and Relevance of R.S. Peters' Work8. The Impact and Importance of Peters' Analytic ParadigmNotesBibliographyIndex

The late Richard Stanley Peters was the British architect of post-war philosophy of education as a worthwhile branch of modern analytical philosophy and a philosopher of global significance and reputation. Hard on the heels of his recent passing, this clear, accomplished and overdue appreciation and celebration of Peters work – by two distinguished contemporary educational philosophers of Peters' own analytical temper and rigour – could hardly be more timely, and one may be certain that it would have been received with much pride and gratitude by the subject of this study himself. Like Peters' own output, this work is a shining example of philosophical insight and clarity at its best, and – for this as well as its subject matter – should be compulsory reading for all who might aspire to contribute further serious work to the field of philosophy of education.