caa a22 4500 445848049 CHVBK 20180317145405.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11217-011-9260-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11217-011-9260-9 Martin Christopher Department of Philosophy/Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, NL, Canada aut Philosophy of Education in the Public Sphere: The Case of "Relevance” [Elektronische Daten] [Christopher Martin] Universities are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the economic and social relevance of the research they produce. In the UK, for example, recent developments in the UK under the Research Excellence Framework (REF) suggest that future funding schemes will grant "significant additional recognition where researchers build on excellent research to deliver demonstrable benefits to the economy, society, public policy, culture and quality of life” (HEFCE 2009). Having conceded that this and similar developments are likely to continue into the future, this paper explores the problematic ethical terrain facing philosophers of education under increasing pressure to produce work that has unambiguous, demonstrable practical value on terms offered by various funding regimes. A preliminary ethics of relevance is developed through an examination of the debate between John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas on the relationship between philosophy, public policy and public reason. The paper then articulates and defends a principle of legitimate relevance. This principle is then applied to the case of directing disciplinary competence in philosophy of education for the educational policy process as a means to producing social and economic benefits. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Ethics nationallicence Academic freedom nationallicence Public reason nationallicence Public policy nationallicence Studies in Philosophy and Education Springer Netherlands 30/6(2011-11-01), 615-629 0039-3746 30:6<615 2011 30 11217 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-011-9260-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-011-9260-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Martin Christopher Department of Philosophy/Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, NL, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Studies in Philosophy and Education Springer Netherlands 30/6(2011-11-01), 615-629 0039-3746 30:6<615 2011 30 11217 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer