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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777333903321

Titolo

Education in morality / / edited by J. Mark Halstead and Terence H. McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-74084-0

1-134-74085-9

1-280-14149-2

9786610141494

0-203-98118-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

HalsteadJ. Mark

McLaughlinTerence, Brother

Disciplina

370.11/4

Soggetti

Moral education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 MORALITY AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION; 2 CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS; 3 MORAL EDUCATION IN A PLURALIST LIBERAL DEMOCRACY; 4 AGENCY AND CONTINGENCY IN MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION; 5 EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP; 6 THE DEMANDS OF MORAL EDUCATION; 7 HOW TO SEEM VIRTUOUS WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING SO; 8 EDUCATION IN CHARACTER AND VIRTUE; 9 PLURALISM, MORAL IMAGINATION AND MORAL EDUCATION; 10 POSTMODERNISM AND THE EDUCATION OF CHARACTER; 11 AGAINST RELATIVISM

12 THE ARTS, MORALITY AND POSTMODERNISM13 'BEHAVING MORALLY AS A POINT OF PRINCIPLE'; 14 WEAKNESS, WANTS AND THE WILL; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a variety of perspectives on some of the most fundamental questions about moral education the volume is written in the belief that philosophy has an important contribution to make in bringing about a clearer understanding of the task of moral education. There is an international team of contributors including both philosophers and educationalists. These include; David Best, Brian Crittenden, Paul Hirst,



Ruth Jonathon, John Kekes, Will Kymlicka, Alasdair MacIntyre and Amelie Oksenberg Rorty.