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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779007903321

Autore

Carr David <1944-, >

Titolo

Educating the virtues : an essay on the philosophical psychology of moral development and education / / David Carr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2012

Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-57834-4

9786613890795

1-136-49272-0

0-203-13869-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions: education ; ; 137

Disciplina

370.11/4

370.114

Soggetti

Moral education

Moral development

Virtue

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Routledge, 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

EDUCATING THE VIRTUES An essay on the philosophical psychology of moral development and education; Copyright; EDUCATING THE VIRTUES An essay on the philosophical psychology of moral development and education; Original Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Part I IDEAS OF VIRTUE IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY; 1 VIRTUE AS KNOWLEDGE: SOCRATES AND PLATO; 2 VIRTUE AS CHARACTER: ARISTOTLE'S ETHICS; 3 VIRTUE AS SELF-DETERMINATION: ROUSSEAU AND KANT; 4 MODERN MORAL PHILOSOPHY: TWO CONCEPTS OF MORALITY; Part II SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT; 5 MORAL EDUCATION AS SOCIALISATION: EMILE DURKHEIM

6 PSYCHOANALYSIS AND MORAL CHARACTER: FREUD, LANE AND NEILL7 COGNITIVE GROWTH AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT: PIAGET AND KOHLBERG; 8 MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN PROGRESSIVE AND TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT; Part III VIRTUE, REASON AND EDUCATION; 9 VIRTUE AND PASSION: SELF-CONTROL AND EXPRESSION; 10 VIRTUE AND MOTIVATION: OBLIGATION AND ASPIRATION; 11



VIRTUE AND REASON: PROBLEM-SOLVING AND CLARIFICATION; 12 EDUCATION AND THE VIRTUES: OBJECTIVITY, SUBJECTIVITY AND TEACHING; NOTES AND REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the views on moral life of such past philosophers as Plato, Aristotle and Kant, as well as of such theorists as Durkheim, Freud, Piaget and Kohlberg, the author sets forth a full discussion of the nature and educational implications of the idea of moral virtue.