Education as a Good: The Modern Cognitive Contexts

Аrticle examines characteristics of understanding education based on use of concept of the good, which is one of the main for social and humanitarian sciences. We try to reconstruct discussion is it possible to consider education as an exclusively public good, or in terms of the commercialization of various spheres of public life, we can talk about education as an individual good. Proponents of the first point of view believe that education should be considered a public good because it presupposes the absence of competition in the consumption of this good and non-exclusion from its consumption, which is ensured by the inalienability of knowledge. Proponents of the second point of view point to the fact that these properties are not fully inherent in education, in particular, in many countries competition is present at least at the level of higher education. R.А. Musgrave proposes to consider higher education as an example of a merit good, since it cannot be either private or public. Society benefits from a large number of educated people for whom education can serve their personal interests. Thus, the article demonstrates the controversial nature of the understanding of education as a good. In addition, the focus is on a modern approach related to considering education as a global good.

Keywords

public good, merit good, education economics, value of education, global good

Publication date

30.04.2021

Number of characters

16815

Cite

GOST	Kurbanov A. Education as a Good: The Modern Cognitive Contexts // Chelovek – 2021. – V. 32. – Issue №2 C. 65-75 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://chelovek-journal.ru/S023620070014861-4-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S023620070014861-4
MLA	Kurbanov, Artemiy "Education as a Good: The Modern Cognitive Contexts." Chelovek 32.2 (2021):65-75. DOI: 10.31857/S023620070014861-4
APA	Kurbanov A. (2021). Education as a Good: The Modern Cognitive Contexts. Chelovek 32(2), pp.65-75 DOI: 10.31857/S023620070014861-4

100 rub.

When subscribing to an article or issue, the user can download PDF, evaluate the publication or contact the author. Need to register.

Number of purchasers: 1, views: 773

Readers community rating: votes 0

1. Aristotle. Nikomahova etika [Etica Nicomahica], transl. from Аncient Greek by I.V. Braginskaya. Aristotle. Sochineniya: v 4 t. [Collected Works: in 4 vol.]. Vol. 4. Moscow: Mysl' Publ., 1983. P. 53–293.

2. Bentham J. Vvedenie v osnovaniya nravstvennosti i zakonodatel'stva: per. s angl. [An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation: transl. from Engl.]. Moscow: ROSSPEN Publ., 1998.

3. Galichin V.A. Mezhdunarodnyj rynok obrazovatel'nyh uslug: Оsnovnye harakteristiki i tendencii razvitiya [International Market of Educational Services: Main Characteristics and Development Trends]. Moscow: Delo Publ., 2015. (Scientific Reports: Education / The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 15/4).

4. Kant I. Osnovy metafiziki nravstvennosti [Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals]. Kant I. Sochineniya: v 6 t. [Collected Works: in 6 vol.] Vol. 4, Pt 1. Moscow: Mysl' Publ., 1965.

5. Konstitutsiya Rossiiskoi Federacii. Рprinyata vsenarodnym golosovaniem 12 dekabrya 1993 goda c izmeneniyami, odobrennymi v hode obshcherossiiskogo golosovaniya 1 iyulya 2020 goda. [The Constitution of the Russian Federation. Was Adopted by National Voting on 12 December 1993 with Amendments Approved During a National Voting on 1 July 2020]. URL: http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202007040001 (date of access: 07.02.2020).

6. Coombs Ph.H. Krizis obrazovaniya v sovremennom mire [The World Educational Crisis: A Systems Analysis], transl. from Engl. by S.L. Volodina et al.; ed. by G.E. Skorov. Moscow: Progress Publ., 1970.

7. Musgrave R.A., Musgrave P.B. Gosudarstvennye finansy: teoriya i praktika: per. s angl. [Public Finance in Theory and Practice: transl. from Engl.]. Moscow: Byudzhet Publ., 2009.

8. Medvedev S.A., Tomashov I.A. Koncepciya global'nyh obshchestvennyh blag [Concept of Global Public Goods]. Vestnik mezhdunarodnyh organizacii: Obrazovanie, nauka, novaya ekonomika [International Organisations Research Journal]. 2009. Vol. 4, N 2. P. 21–28.

9. Pigou A.C. Ekonomicheskaya teoriya blagosostoyaniya: per. s angl. [The Economics of Welfare: transl. from Engl.]. Moscow: Progress Publ., 1985.

10. Rubinstein A. Meritorika i ekonomicheskaya sotsiodinamika: diskussiya s R. Masgreivom [Meritorics and Economic Sociodynamics: Debates with R. Musgrave]. Voprosy ekonomiki. 2009. N 11. P. 98–109. URL: https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2009-11-98-109 (date of access: 07.02.2021).

11. Samuelson P. Chistaya teoriya obshchestvennyh raskhodov [The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure], transl. from Engl. by I.A. Rozmainskii. Vekhi ekonomicheskoi mysli. Tom 4. Ekonomika blagosostoyaniya i obshchestvennyi vybor [Milestones in Economic Thought. Vol. 4. Welfare Economics and Public Choice]. St. Petersburg: Ekonomicheskaya shkola Publ., 2004. P. 371–376.

12. Smirnova E.Yu. Obrazovanie kak ekonomicheskoe blago. Vvedenie v ekonomiku obrazovaniya [Education as an Economic Good. Introduction to Economics of Education]. Vesnіk adukacyі. Minsk, 2015. N 11. P. 19–22.

13. Smith A. Issledovanie o prirode i o printsipakh bogatstva narodov: per. s angl. [An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: transl. from Engl.]. Moscow: Sotsekgiz Publ., 1962.

14. Social'naya politika, napravlennaya na sodeistvie bolee vseohvatnomu, stabil'nomu i ustoichivomu vosstanovleniyu: vosstanovlenie posle COVID-19 po principu “luchshe, chem bylo” dlya dostizheniya celei Povestki dnya na period do 2030 goda v kontekste desyatiletiya deistvii i svershenii vo imya ustoichivogo razvitiya. Zapiska Sekretariata. OON [Social Policy to Promote a More Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Recovery: Building Back Better Post-COVID-19 for the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the Context of the Decade of Action and Delivery for Sustainable Development. Note by the Secretariat. UN]. E/CN.5/2021/4 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://undocs.org/ru/E/CN.5/2021/4 (date of access: 07.02.2021).

15. Stiglitz J.E. Ekonomika gosudarstvennogo sektora [Economics of the Public Sector], transl. from Engl. by E.E. Kumanina, G.M. Kumanin. Moscow: Moscow State Univ.: Infra-M Publ, 1997.

16. Styuart T.A. Intellektual'nyj kapital: Novyi istochnik bogatstva organizacii [Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations]. Moscow: Pokolenie Publ, 2007. P. 388–392.

17. Tugusheva R.R. Obrazovanie kak intellektual'noe blago [Educational Benefit as an Intelligent Good]. Izvestiya Saratovskogo universiteta. Novaya seriya. Seriya Ekonomika. Upravlenie. Pravo [Izvestiya Of Saratov University. New Series. Series: Economics. Management. Law]. 2017. Vol. 2. P. 157–163.

18. Chernyh S.I. Obrazovanie kak obshchestvennoe i individual'noe blago [Education as Social and Individual Benefit]. Professional'noe obrazovanie v sovremennom mire [Professional Education in the Modern World]. 2015. Vol. 1(16). P. 17–26.

19. Case K.E. Musgrave's Vision of the Public Sector: The Complex Relationship Between Individual, Society and State in Public Good Theory. Journal of Economics and Finance. 2008. Vol. 32(4). P. 348–355. DOI: 10.1007/s12197-008-9055-1.8

20. Moşteanu T., Creţan G.C. Education and the Characteristics of Public Goods. Overlaps and Differences. Theoretical and Applied Economics. 2011. Vol. 18, N 9(562). P. 33–40.

21. Stiglitz J. Knowledge as а Global Public Good. Kaul I., Grunberg I., Stern M. Global Public Goods. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. URL: http://pinguet.free.fr/stiglitz1999.pdf.18 (date of access: 07.02.2021).