Kirsten Meyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4249878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsten Meyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsten |
| FAMILY NAME | Meyer |
| SIGNATURE | MEYER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1891-1673 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Talent Policy
The identification and development of talent have long been a central target of policy making in various domains, including education, sports, the arts and business. Given the importance of talent for success in a competitive global market, governments and businesses across the globe continually devise strategic policies to identify, attract and preserve both national and international talent. Most of these talent‐related practices and policies (…
Moral Education Through the Fostering of Reasoning Skills
The development of reasoning skills is often regarded as a central goal of ethics and philosophy classes in school education. In light of recent studies from the field of moral psychology, however, it could be objected that the promotion of such skills might fail to meet another important objective, namely the moral education of students. In this paper, I will argue against such pessimism by suggesting that the fostering of reasoning skills can s…
Talents, abilities and educational justice
The assumption that students are differently talented often underlies the public and philosophical debate about the justice of school systems. It is striking that despite the centrality of the notion of ‘talent’ in these debates, the concept is hardly ever explicated. I will suggest two explications: First, philosophers who point to different talents often assume that these are somehow fixed potentials that pose limits to what someone can achieve…
Voices of displacement
Sound portraiture blends audio-documentary techniques and qualitative arts-based and narrative methods, privileging participants' voices and conveying the complexity of their stories through the layering of sound. We created sound portraits that negotiated the multiple and often conflicting voices, histories and subject positions for South African migrants who psychologically straddle home and host lands. Sound portraits speak to the history of c…
Post-Apartheid South African immigrants in Australia
Why should we demand equality of educational opportunity?
This paper reveals how equal educational opportunities, equal job opportunities and equality of opportunity for welfare are related to each other, and how they are related to other demands for justice. There are several important objections to the emphasis on equal educational opportunities. Nevertheless, this paper shows that demanding equal educational opportunities is unavoidable when advocating greater educational justice. Neither demands for…
Education, Justice and the Human Good
Introduction Kirsten Meyer 1. The Place of Educational Equality in Educational Justice Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift 2. Unequal Chances: Race, Class and Schooling Debra Satz 3. Non-Comparative Justice in Education Thomas Schramme 4. Educational Justice and the Justification of Education Johannes Giesinger 5. A Neo-Aristotelian Account of Education, Justice, and the Human Good Randall Curren 6. What Does Equality in Education Mean? Stefan Gosepat…
Making fires
Die moralische Bewertung humanitärer Interventionen
Humanitarian interventions aim at saving human lives, but they also take human lives. The death of innocent people is an unintended but foreseen consequence of military actions. Can this be morally justified? Those who argue from a deontological perspective and give an affirmative answer to this question, point to the Principle of Double Effect (PDE). Others, also arguing from a deontological perspective, nevertheless reject the PDE and give a ne…
Bildung
Education, knowledge, equal opportunity, autonomy and a good life. These are the keywords shaping current social debate. Is education just an economic program or does knowledge have a value in its own right? Does education promise autonomy and a good life? What educational goals should the state set? What does the decree of equal opportunity mean? In ancient philosophy, an interest in education grew out of the core question of human happiness and…
How to be Consistent without Saving the Greater Number
How to be Consistent without Saving the Greater Number
Voices of displacement
Sound portraiture blends audio-documentary techniques and qualitative arts-based and narrative methods, privileging participants' voices and conveying the complexity of their stories through the layering of sound. We created sound portraits that negotiated the multiple and often conflicting voices, histories and subject positions for South African migrants who psychologically straddle home and host lands. Sound portraits speak to the history of c…
Bildung
Education, knowledge, equal opportunity, autonomy and a good life. These are the keywords shaping current social debate. Is education just an economic program or does knowledge have a value in its own right? Does education promise autonomy and a good life? What educational goals should the state set? What does the decree of equal opportunity mean? In ancient philosophy, an interest in education grew out of the core question of human happiness and…
How to be Consistent without Saving the Greater Number
Die moralische Bewertung humanitärer Interventionen
Humanitarian interventions aim at saving human lives, but they also take human lives. The death of innocent people is an unintended but foreseen consequence of military actions. Can this be morally justified? Those who argue from a deontological perspective and give an affirmative answer to this question, point to the Principle of Double Effect (PDE). Others, also arguing from a deontological perspective, nevertheless reject the PDE and give a ne…
Bildung
Education, knowledge, equal opportunity, autonomy and a good life. These are the keywords shaping current social debate. Is education just an economic program or does knowledge have a value in its own right? Does education promise autonomy and a good life? What educational goals should the state set? What does the decree of equal opportunity mean? In ancient philosophy, an interest in education grew out of the core question of human happiness and…
Education, Justice and the Human Good
Introduction Kirsten Meyer 1. The Place of Educational Equality in Educational Justice Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift 2. Unequal Chances: Race, Class and Schooling Debra Satz 3. Non-Comparative Justice in Education Thomas Schramme 4. Educational Justice and the Justification of Education Johannes Giesinger 5. A Neo-Aristotelian Account of Education, Justice, and the Human Good Randall Curren 6. What Does Equality in Education Mean? Stefan Gosepat…
Making fires
Why should we demand equality of educational opportunity?
This paper reveals how equal educational opportunities, equal job opportunities and equality of opportunity for welfare are related to each other, and how they are related to other demands for justice. There are several important objections to the emphasis on equal educational opportunities. Nevertheless, this paper shows that demanding equal educational opportunities is unavoidable when advocating greater educational justice. Neither demands for…
Post-Apartheid South African immigrants in Australia
Talents, abilities and educational justice
The assumption that students are differently talented often underlies the public and philosophical debate about the justice of school systems. It is striking that despite the centrality of the notion of ‘talent’ in these debates, the concept is hardly ever explicated. I will suggest two explications: First, philosophers who point to different talents often assume that these are somehow fixed potentials that pose limits to what someone can achieve…
Voices of displacement
Sound portraiture blends audio-documentary techniques and qualitative arts-based and narrative methods, privileging participants' voices and conveying the complexity of their stories through the layering of sound. We created sound portraits that negotiated the multiple and often conflicting voices, histories and subject positions for South African migrants who psychologically straddle home and host lands. Sound portraits speak to the history of c…
Moral Education Through the Fostering of Reasoning Skills
The development of reasoning skills is often regarded as a central goal of ethics and philosophy classes in school education. In light of recent studies from the field of moral psychology, however, it could be objected that the promotion of such skills might fail to meet another important objective, namely the moral education of students. In this paper, I will argue against such pessimism by suggesting that the fostering of reasoning skills can s…
Talent Policy
The identification and development of talent have long been a central target of policy making in various domains, including education, sports, the arts and business. Given the importance of talent for success in a competitive global market, governments and businesses across the globe continually devise strategic policies to identify, attract and preserve both national and international talent. Most of these talent‐related practices and policies (…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)