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Then to his surprise, Ralph went to Piggy and took the glasses from him. Not even Ralph knew how a link between him and Jack had been snapped and fastened elsewhere. Instantly the fire was alight Piggy held out his hands and grabbed the glasses back.

Before these fantastically attractive flowers of violet and red and yellow, unkindness melted away. They became a circle of boys round a camp fire and even Piggy and Ralph were half-drawn in. Soon some of the boys were rushing down the slope for more wood while Jack hacked the pig. They tried holding the whole carcass on a stake over the fire, but the stake burnt more quickly than the pig roasted.

In the end they skewered bits of meat on branches and held them in the flames: and even then almost as much boy was roasted as meat.

Ralph dribbled. He meant to refuse meat but his past diet of fruit and nuts, with an odd crab or fish, gave him too little resistance. He accepted a piece of half-raw meat and gnawed it like a wolf. Piggy spoke, also dribbling. Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it. The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame. Damn you! Now you eat—all of you—and I Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly.

Jack looked round for understanding but found only respect. Ralph stood among the ashes of the signal fire, his hands full of meat, saying nothing. Then at last Maurice broke the silence. He changed the subject to the only one that could bring the majority of them together.

He broke in quickly. I crept, on hands and knees. The spears fell out because they hadn't barbs on. The pig ran away and made an awful noise—" "It turned back and ran into the circle, bleeding All the boys were talking at once, relieved and excited. Then the rest joined in, making pig-dying noises and shouting.

As they danced, they sang. Cut her throat. Bash her in. Ralph watched them, envious and resentful. Not till they flagged and the chant died away, did he speak.

I'm calling a meeting even if we have to go on into the dark. Down on the platform. When I blow it. The fire, the symbol of hope, is left unattended, and the conch, the symbol of orderly governance, is disdained by Jack's group. With the diminished symbols, Ralph's authority, and the rational procedures he stands for, become undermined. Frightened little Percival reports that he has seen the beast, a preternatural creature who bodes no good. Piggy dismisses such talk as superstitious and assures the group that life follows scientific laws that exclude the preternatural.

Ghosts and beasts can't exist. Why not? Houses an' streets, an' TV—they wouldn't work. You believe in this? Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. Eventually Jack succeeds in winning all but five of the boys to his cause. Only Simon, Piggy, and the twins, Sam and Eric Samneric9, remain with Ralph in his project of keeping the fire burning and living by the rule of law, though Simon has gone off on a venture.

The crowd has joined Jack and his hunters. Jack rules by charismatic might, livening their spirits with pig hunts and orgies, but treating the littluns cruelly. Needing a magnifying glass to start their fire for the pig mast, three hunters, Jack, Roger, and Maurice, steal into Ralph and Piggy's shelter, attack Ralph and Piggy, and steal Piggy's glasses. We enter chapter 11 where Ralph and his friends are grieving the loss of the glasses and the fire.

He speaks:I "I got the conch. I'm going to that Jack Merridew an' tell him, I am. I'll tell him what's what. You let me carry the conch, Ralph. I'll show him the one thing he hasn't got. The shape of the old assembly, trodden in the grass, listened to him. I'm going to hold it out. Look, I'm goin' to say, you're stronger than I am and you haven't got asthma.

You can see, I'm goin' to say, and with both eyes. But I don't ask for my glasses back, not as a favour. I don't ask you to be a sport, I'll say, not because you're strong, but because what's right's right.

Give me my glasses, I'm going to say— you got to! He pushed the conch quickly into Ralph's hands as though in a hurry to be rid of it and wiped the tears from his eyes. The green light was gentle about them and the conch lay at Ralph's feet, fragile and white. A single drop of water that had escaped Piggy's fingers now flashed on the delicate curve like a star. At last Ralph sat up straight and drew back his hair. I mean—you can try if you like. We'll go with you. Dimly he remembered something that Simon had said to him once, by the rocks.

And then he added quickly, "Let's go. I'll be glad, Ralph, only I'll have to be led. Ralph put the conch back on the shining log. Piggy was helped to his food and found some by touch. While they ate, Ralph thought of the afternoon.

We'll wash—" Sam gulped down a mouthful and protested. Only it's too long. You know how it is—" The others nodded. They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought. They set off along the beach in formation. Ralph went first, limping a little, his spear carried over one shoulder. He saw things partially through the tremble of the heat haze over the flashing sands, and his own long hair and injuries.

Behind him came the twins, worried now for a while but full of unquenchable vitality. They said little but trailed the butts of their wooden spears; for Piggy had found, that looking down, shielding his tired sight from the sun, he could just see these moving along the sand. He walked between the trailing butts, therefore, the conch held carefully between his two hands. The boys made a compact little group that moved over the beach, four plate-like shadows dancing and mingling beneath them.

There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured. They passed the place where the tribe had danced. The charred sticks still lay on the rocks where the rain had quenched them but the sand by the water was smooth again. They passed this in silence. No one doubted that the tribe would be found at the Castle Rock and when they came in sight of it they stopped with one accord.

The densest tangle on the island, a mass of twisted stems, black and green and impenetrable, lay on their left and tall grass swayed before them. Now Ralph went forward. Here was the crushed grass where they had all lain when he had gone to prospect. There was the neck of land, the ledge skirting the rock, up there were the red pinnacles. Sam touched his arm. I'll go first, then Piggy a pace behind me.

Keep your spears ready. Ain't there a cliff? I can hear the sea. He kicked a stone and it bounded into the water. Then the sea sucked down, revealing a red, weedy square forty feet beneath Ralph's left arm.

Who goes there? He put the conch to his lips and began to blow. Savages appeared, painted out of recognition, edging round the ledge towards the neck. They carried spears and disposed themselves to defend the entrance. Ralph went on blowing and ignored Piggy's terrors.

Roger was shouting. His first words were a gasp, but audible. Ralph walked forwards a couple of steps. A voice whispered urgently behind him. Freed by the paint, they had tied their hair back and were more comfortable than he was. Ralph made a resolution to tie his own back afterwards. Indeed he felt like telling them to wait and doing it there and then; but that was impossible. The savages sniggered a bit and one gestured at Ralph with his spear.

High above, Roger took his hands off the lever and leaned out to see what was going on. The boys on the neck stood in a pool of their own shadow, diminished to shaggy heads. Piggy crouched, his back shapeless as a sack. Roger took up a small stone and flung it between the twins, aiming to miss. They started and Sam only just kept his footing. Some source of power began to pulse in Roger's body.

Ralph spoke again, loudly. A painted face spoke with the voice of Robert. And he said we weren't to let you in. He turned quickly. Jack, identifiable by personality and red hair, was advancing from the forest. A hunter crouched on either side.

All three were masked in black and green. Behind them on the grass the headless and paunched body of a sow lay where they had dropped it. Piggy wailed. Don't leave me! The sniggering of the savages became a loud derisive jeer. Jack shouted above the noise. You keep to your end. This is my end and my tribe. You leave me alone. Who says? You voted for me for Chief. Didn't you hear the conch? You played a dirty trick—we'd have given you fire if you'd asked for it The blood was flowing in his cheeks and the bunged-up eye throbbed.

But you didn't. You came sneaking up like a thief and stole Piggy's glasses! Mind me! Ralph sensed the position of the weapon from the glimpse he caught of Jack's arm and put the thrust aside with his own butt. Then he brought the end round and caught Jack a stinger across the ear. They were chest to chest, breathing fiercely, pushing and glaring.

By common consent they were using the spears as sabres now, no longer 20 What Is the Purpose of Morality? The blow struck Ralph's spear and slid down, to fall agonizingly on his fingers. Then they were apart once more, their positions reversed, Jack towards the Castle Rock and Ralph on the outside towards the island.

Both boys were breathing very heavily. Ralph moved, bent down, kept a wary eye on Jack. The fire. My specs. He relaxed his fighting muscles, stood easily and grounded the butt of his spear. Jack watched him inscrutably through his paint. Ralph glanced up at the pinnacles, then towards the group of savages.

We've come to say this. First you've got to give back Piggy's specs. If he hasn't got them he can't see. You aren't playing the game—" The tribe of painted savages giggled and Ralph's mind faltered. He pushed his hair up and gazed at the green and black mask before him, trying to remember what Jack looked like. Piggy whispered. Then about the fire. I say this again. I've been saying it ever since we dropped in.

Then maybe a ship '11 notice the smoke and come and rescue us and take us home. But without that smoke we've got to wait till some ship comes by accident.

We might wait years; till we were old—" The shivering, silvery, unreal laughter of the savages sprayed out and echoed away. A gust of rage shook Ralph. His voice cracked. Sam, Eric, Piggy and me—we aren't enough. We tried to keep the fire going, but we couldn't. And then you, playing at hunting.

Call that a signal fire? That's a cooking fire. Now you'll eat and there'll be no smoke. Don't you understand? There may be a ship out there—" He paused, defeated by the silence and the painted anonymity of the group guarding the entry. The chief opened a pink mouth and addressed Samneric who were between him and his tribe. Get back. The twins, puzzled, looked at each other; while Piggy, reassured by the cessation of violence, stood up carefully. Jack glanced back at Ralph and then at the twins.

Jack shouted angrily. Once more the silvery laughter scattered. Samneric protested out of the heart of civilization. Tie them. They felled the twins clumsily and excitedly. Jack was inspired. He knew that Ralph would attempt a rescue. He struck in a humming circle behind him and Ralph only just parried the blow.

Beyond them the tribe and the twins were a loud and writhing heap. Piggy crouched again. Then the twins lay, astonished, and the tribe stood round them. Jack turned to Ralph and spoke between his teeth. They do what I want. The twins lay, inexpertly tied up, and the tribe watched Ralph to see what he would do. He numbered them through his fringe, glimpsed the ineffectual smoke. His temper broke. He screamed at Jack. Jack, knowing this was the crisis, charged too.

They met with a jolt and bounced apart. Jack swung with his fist at Ralph and caught him on the ear. Ralph hit Jack in the stomach and made him grunt. Just as natural lan- guages achieve their specificity within discourses shaped by regimes of truth and constraining power relationships that establish certain preferred modes of speaking and meaning Foucault, , , so moral formation occurs within weighted and freighted contexts.

The standards of the right and the good are constituted by historically evolved resolutions of contested positions, and so each represents only one possible equilibrium among many. If the diversity of ideals and conflicts among them are endemic to the moral, political, economic, and cultural domains of social life, and if there is no absolute perspective from which to settle appeals, then how can a choice be made among the variety of contrasting claims?

How can a pluralistic democracy realistically be expected to function without devolving into anarchy or violence? Hampshire argued that in such conditions, moral conflicts can only be submitted to a procedure of just dialogue or debate. This thin conception of procedural justice sets out only the minimal conditions required for fair discussion, and would be likely to be agreed to by competing groups even from a perspective only of self-interest. Every group would want a chance for their view to be heard, to get their moral positions on the table for consideration as the right and proper one.

Even the thin procedural agreements required for deliberation and dialogue have some thickness and import some moral content that may favor some outlooks over others, and some perspectives may not be inclined to tolerate views which appear inimical to the very existence of others. That is, tolerance and respect for differ- ences are deliberative moral values that are anathema to some fanatical views that deny legitimacy to perceived heretical views.

Thus even in a well-ordered and nearly just society, conflicts among citizens over what is right, good, and just can be expected to engender significant social tensions and organized challenges advancing to the level of large-scale civil disobedience Rawls, The situa- tion becomes yet more fraught with conflict in pluralistic societies where there is neither general agreement on moral, cultural, or political ideals, nor general agree- ment on fair procedures or trustworthy adjudicating institutions.

In addition, citi- zens who are oppressed by the dominant norms and standards of the institutions and practices of the society have good moral reasons for an attenuated obligation of allegiance to those norms and institutions Walzer, While the demand for moral community entailed by a participatory deliberative democracy requires substantive commitments and sacrifice of some individual pursuits, the truth is that no other option presents itself other than a power-based social arrange- ment that defeats the democratic promise.

The obligations of allegiance to democracy may thus entail obligations to strug- gle for a just society. If citizenship is to mean something in a genuinely pluralistic democratic society, whether it has evolved to a nearly just condition or remains mired in the oppressions of our day, then public schools as the institution charged with forming the citizens of the state must build loyalty both for and against the state and the institutions of the society.

Schools must build the capacity for moral and political conflict into the very nature of citizenship, into the common ground that supports everybody being a Somebody-in-Particular. In other words, every Somebody-in-Particular not only has good ontological reasons, but good moral and political reasons, for creating the minimal conditions for the possibility of fair dialogue.

This means sharing a common obligation to resist the unjust social order and to struggle to transform society into a more just democracy. The obligation to struggle in a way that is fair to all sides, that respects the diversity of moral pers- pectives and conceptions of the good life, further entails a commitment to nonvio- lence. Deliberation in conflicted situations and action to transform unjust situations must guarantee all sides the maximum possible safety in their persons and places in order to avert the temptation to resolve disagreements by resorting to the exer- cise of power or violence.

Civil disobedience and nonviolence make moral suasion and respect for all central to the resolution of conflict, and can be understood as a form of public moral education that supports the struggle for a just democracy Glass, These ethical considerations for democratic citizenship are consistent with the needs of human freedom and identity formation. They are suited to a polyvocal discourse giving expression to identities marked by contradictory, multiple, and shifting boundaries, and suited to intensively contested struggles seeking to trans- form oppressive dominant norms and standards.

An education that takes as its guide the ideal developed in this essay is an education that can enable everybody to participate in the achievement of a democratic community.

This ideal is worthy of the promise of public schools, and it is not a dream of distant times but is a vision that can be practiced today. This essay draws on founding visions from educational philosophers committed to democracy and extends these views through corrective analyses. The resulting sketch of an ideal conception of critical participatory citizenship gives guidance to school practices and promise of leading to the formation of a just society.

This out- line was given added substance by honestly facing some of the most divisive chal- lenges confronting both public education and the larger culture, and deriving minimal conditions for the possibility of moral dialogue and action in an inequita- ble and unjust context.

The forms of communicative and deliberative action that can warrant the political actions required in order to create a just democracy sug- gest the kind of self-understanding or identity required of citizens who must risk engaging in those struggles.

Hope for achieving a genuine democracy comes only with the struggle to build moral deliberative communities always in the process of transforming oppression and realizing the deepest possibilities for human freedom Freire, The elevated tone in the prophetic voices of Horace Mann, John Dewey, and Paulo Freire recognizes the depth and challenge of the calling to teach for democ- racy.

The tasks facing schools and teachers are awesome: awesome in the size of the forces arrayed against every child becoming a Somebody-in-Particular, and awesome in the sacred duty to insure no less an opportunity for everybody. It is far too easy to succumb to pessimism and despair in the face of the savage inequalities Kozol, that plague our schools and society, but it is also far easier than most believe to make progress against these limiting conditions.

Our human power to create history and culture is perpetually available and we always have some capacity to act to transform our situation. Recognizing our power means accepting our responsibility.

Accepting our responsibility means. Our schools and teachers can build classroom and school communities that promote tolerance and a shared commitment to justice. While these ideals may seem just that, ideals, they call us toward what we are truly able to do within the sphere of our own existence. If they seem impossible, it seems even more impossible that we would allow ourselves to go along with things as they are.

I am ready to follow some other compelling vision if one is offered, but I am not ready to stand still. Democratic citizenship requires of each of us that we get in motion to create today what we hope for tomorrow. Together we have the power of making real the dream of a just democracy.

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It also connects its philosophical analysis to the evolution of linguistic usage in the United States, to the history of compulsory education and schooling, and to several Supreme Court cases where notions of education were central to the argumentation. Such an ideal needs to be reinvigorated and given new substance as a guiding ideal of educational policy, broadly conceived as that which affects educational opportunities, not merely schooling opportunities. Now put the foundations under them.

As quoted in Katz, , p. To the degree that the ideal of universal education remains vague, we need to clarify it and give it substance. We need to relate it to the existing realities of the world we live in. To the degree it remains a castle in the air, there is work to be done.

The foundations are yet to be laid. As I reflect upon the legal, political, and educational condition of American educa- tional policy in long after two critical U. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Rodriguez — both of which invoked the notion of the right to education — these words still ring true. If this analysis has its intended programmatic force, it will serve as an invitation to philosophers of education to reinvigorate both our inquiry and our conversation about what it means to grant each person the opportunity to be ade- quately educated for a productive life as a citizen in a democratic society.

Thus, at the outset, we can ask the central questions, underlying both the Brown and Rodriguez decisions: Is there a right to education? If so, how should such a right be conceived?

And on what basis might it be justified? These questions remind us that philosophers of education must aim to connect the normative ideal of developing educated persons to the concrete social, political, and legal contexts of our lives and to the problems we face as citizens living in an increasingly inter- dependent, multicultural universe. Is there a right to education? A moral right? A legal right? Declaration of Independence: namely, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

In some forms of democratic theory, for government to be just, it had to insure that these natural rights were converted into the political rights of all its citizens.

Of course, we know from U. Thus, when the U. In fact, African-Americans, viewed legally as prop- erty, would possess virtually no rights. Nor would children possess them. Even white male non-property holders were excluded. But moving forward historically, we extended fundamental political rights to non-property holders prior to the Civil War.

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