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Giesinger, Johannes

Evaluating School Choice Policies: A Response to Harry Brighouse

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Journal of philosophy of education 43 (2009) 4, S. 589-596

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Johannes Giesinger

Evaluating School Choice Policies:

A Response to Harry Brighouse

Abstract: In his writings on school choice and educational justice, Harry Brighouse presents norma-

tive evaluations of various choice systems. This paper responds to Brighouse’s claim that it is inade-

quate to criticise these evaluations with reference to empirical data concerning the effects of school

choice.

In his book School Choice and Social Justice (2000), as well as in a recent paper (2008), Harry

Brighouse evaluates different school choice policies in light of normative principles. In a re-

sponse to the objections Samara Foster (2002) raises against his book, he declares that critici-

sing his evaluations with reference to empirical data is ‘beside the point’ (Brighouse, 2002,

p. 655). This response of his gives rise to the question of what Brighouse is actually doing

when he describes some choice mechanisms as more just—or more equitable— than others.

Behind this question lies another more fundamental problem; that is, what role does (moral)

philosophy play in the field of education policy?

Obviously, a philosophical approach to education policy will try to outline the normati-

ve ideas or principles that should guide the decisions of policy makers. This is what Brig-

house does when he argues for a principle of educational equality. But it is one thing to ju-

stify such a principle and another to answer the question ‘equality of what?’ Even if we ma-

nage to clarify this point, it cannot be said, of course, that everything we need for good deci-

sion making is in our hands. If we want to know whether a certain reform program should

be implemented within a particular educational system, we need detailed knowledge about

the status quo of this system. On this basis, we can try to figure out what will happen if the

planned reform is realised. We might turn to empirical studies that evaluate similar reforms

in other contexts, but it will never be possible to know in advance exactly what the effects of

such a reform in our specific context will be.

As Brighouse (ibid.) explains, his aim is not to make ‘empirical predictions,’ and he con-

tinues by saying: ‘The purpose of my discussion of actually-existing choice programmes is

to isolate which features of choice programmes are likely to serve, and which are likely to

inhibit justice.’ This is what he is aiming to achieve in his recent article where he comments

on different voucher schemes, discussing how equitable we can [590] expect each case to be.

These comments are, if we believe Brighouse’s earlier statements, independent of evidence

gained through the empirical evaluation of existing choice schemes. This claim is evaluated

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