This paper evaluates how our understanding of natural talent affects questions of educational justice. We argue that education debates currently suffer from a naïve understanding of ‘nature versus nurture’ and present a more rigorous approach that allows us to see what is required for fair treatment of students. As it stands, there is controversy over the extent to which a student's achievements are a result of their natural talent, as opposed to the quality of their education. For those on the nature side of the debate, students who are performing poorly just are not cut out for academic life, and redoubling efforts at furthering their education is both a waste of resources for society and pointless torture for the student. For those on the nurture side, failing students are a sign of a failing education system. To make progress on educational justice, we must move away from attempts to simply assign proportional influence to natural talent and education, respectively, and instead look at the broader landscape of individual reactions to a range of educational environments.

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重新思考教育中的自然与养育

本文评估了我们对自然才能的理解如何影响教育公正的问题。我们认为，教育辩论目前对“自然与养育”缺乏天真的理解，并提出了一种更为严格的方法，使我们能够看到公平对待学生所需要的东西。就目前而言，关于学生的成就在多大程度上是由于他们天生的才干而不是其教育质量引起的争议。对于那些辩论性质的人来说，成绩不佳的学生并不会因此而陷入学术生活的困境，而加倍努力来继续他们的教育既是对社会的浪费，也是对学生毫无意义的折磨。对于那些在培养方面的人来说，失败的学生是教育体系失败的标志。