Banca de DEFESA: NELSON DE LIMA DAMIÃO

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STUDENT : NELSON DE LIMA DAMIÃO
DATE: 21/02/2024
TIME: 16:00
LOCAL: UFSJ CDB
TITLE:

THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION AS A PRIMARY GOOD IN THE

JOHN RAWLS' THEORY OF JUSTICE

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: John Rawls. Original position. Fundamental rights. Primary goods. Education.

PAGES: 125
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Filosofia
SUMMARY:

This paper will analyze whether the fundamental right to education is part of the primary
goods of the just society theorized by the philosopher John Rawls in his work A Theory of
Justice. To this end, it will present an overview of the theory's concepts, specifically those
named by the philosopher as fundamental in Justice as Fairness: A Reformulation. Raws aims
his theory of justice at liberal constitutional democracies, consequently reiterating that his
social model takes into account the historical achievements of human rights which, as we
shall demonstrate, are identified with the concept of "primary goods". After briefly explaining
the historical affirmation of fundamental rights and public education, we will tackle the
problem of whether the fundamental right to education is one of the primary goods in Rawls'
theory of justice. It is not intended to address pedagogical concepts since the philosopher does
not address the issue of education directly, but integrates it in an ancillary way into his theory
as a necessary element making up the social minimum to enable citizens to be free and equal
and thus be able to represent others in the original position, the abstract moment from which
Rawls' neocontractualism develops. The content of the social minimum is equated with
primary goods, elements that will be provided by the social structure to the participants in
society so that they can realize their life projects. It was shown that primary goods are
equated with fundamental rights. In the end, it was found that, given the citizen's condition to
be educated in order to be free and equal and to participate in the original position, education
is a primary good, so that, being equated with a fundamental right, the fundamental right to
education is included in the list of primary goods.

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