Education in Morality (Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education, 8)

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. BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 9 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 1 MORALITY AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION......Page 16 The diverse functions of practical morality......Page 17 Differing characterisations of the moral domain......Page 23 The new emphasis on civic virtues......Page 25 Moral imagination and moral deliberation......Page 28 References......Page 30 What is the problem of moral education?......Page 32 Recent reflection on moral education......Page 34 The cultural roots of the contemporary problem of moral education......Page 37 The liberal conception of moral education......Page 39 Moral aspiration: what price a modern restatement?......Page 43 An optimistic conclusion?......Page 46 Notes......Page 48 References......Page 50 Dimensions of moral pluralism......Page 54 Moral education in common schools: efforts to avoid diversity......Page 58 Essential features of moral learning......Page 60 The scope of moral education in common schools......Page 62 References......Page 67 4 AGENCY AND CONTINGENCY IN MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION......Page 68 Moral development and its parameters......Page 69 Moral development and the enterprise culture......Page 74 The self and its social world......Page 76 Clues for reconstruction......Page 80 References......Page 83 5 EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP......Page 86 The nature and importance of citizenship......Page 87 The need for citizenship education in schools......Page 92 Citizenship and separate schools......Page 95 Citizenship and personal autonomy......Page 97 Citizenship and national identity......Page 100 Notes......Page 104 References......Page 107 6 THE DEMANDS OF MORAL EDUCATION......Page 112 The development of moral reason......Page 113 Limitations of the rational approach......Page 114 Moral education as personal fulfilment......Page 115 The development of rational practice......Page 116 The social dimension of moral learning......Page 118 Features of the moral life......Page 120 Moral education as initiation into social practices......Page 121 7 HOW TO SEEM VIRTUOUS WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING SO......Page 126 Behind the facade of moral consensus......Page 127 Moral immaturity and counterfeit virtue......Page 130 Why a shared public system of moral education is impossible......Page 133 The inadequacy of a ‘shared public morality’......Page 136 8 EDUCATION IN CHARACTER AND VIRTUE......Page 140 Conceptions of ‘character education’......Page 141 ‘Non-expansive’ conceptions of education in character and virtue......Page 146 Critique of ‘non-expansive’ conceptions......Page 150 Expansive conceptions of education in character and virtue......Page 154 Notes......Page 163 References......Page 166 The nature of pluralism......Page 174 Moral imagination......Page 179 Two aspects of moral imagination......Page 182 Moral education......Page 187 References......Page 189 Moral realism and character education in a postmodern world......Page 192 Particularism and the patterning of reasons......Page 196 The perspectival nature of ethical reasoning......Page 198 Two conceptions of character......Page 202 Character as the capacity to respond to contingencies......Page 204 Character education: the way forward......Page 207 Notes......Page 210 References......Page 211 Moral relativism and what is wrong with it......Page 214 The argument from moral disagreement......Page 216 The argument from respect......Page 217 The ‘argument’ from the dislike of argument......Page 218 A confusion about belief......Page 219 Relativism and (absolute) truth-in-a-situation......Page 220 An argument for absolutism......Page 221 Whither moral education?......Page 223 Notes......Page 224 References......Page 225 Introduction......Page 226 Polarisation......Page 227 Purposive or autonomous......Page 228 Source of confusion......Page 230 Meaning in the arts......Page 234 Section 2: Postmodernism......Page 236 The self......Page 238 Language and thought......Page 239 Power of the media......Page 241 Objectivity......Page 242 News media......Page 244 Notes......Page 245 References......Page 246 Moral motivation......Page 250 Why do we need moral motivation?......Page 253 Making sense of morality—religious and secular ways......Page 257 Notes......Page 263 References......Page 264 The gap between moral beliefs and moral conduct......Page 266 The failure of moral education to address the problem......Page 268 The nature of moral weakness and moral motivation......Page 270 Implications for moral education......Page 272 References......Page 274 INDEX......Page 276 This Volume Offers A Collection Of Philosophical Chapters That Address Various Aspects Of Moral Education And Seek To Illuminate Some Of The Central Issues Arising In This Area. The Collection Covers A Broad Range Of Fundamental Questions At The Forefront Of Contemporary Philosophical Debate About Moral Education And Contains A Range Of Contrasting Points Of View On Many Of The Issues At Stake.--jacket. Morality As An Educational Institution / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- Cross Questions And Crooked Answers : Contemporary Problems Of Moral Education / David Carr -- Moral Education In A Pluralist Democracy / Brian Crittenden -- Agency And Contingency In Moral Development And Education / Ruth Jonathan -- Education For Citizenship / Will Kymlicka -- Demands Of Moral Education : Reasons, Virtues, Practices / Paul H. Hirst -- How To Seem Virtuous Without Actually Being So / Alasdair Macintyre -- Education In Character And Virtue / Terence H. Mclaughlin And J. Mark Halstead -- Pluralism, Moral Imagination And Moral Education / John Kekes -- Postmodernism And The Education Of Character / Michael Luntley -- Against Relativism / Marianne Talbot -- Arts, Morality And Postmodernism / David Best -- 'behaving Morally As A Point Of Principle' : A Proper Aim Of Moral Education? / Graham Haydon -- Weakness, Wants And The Will / Roger Straughan. Edited By J. Mark Halstead And Terence H. Mclaughlin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. What should teachers and schools do about moral education? An international team of philosophers and educationalists examine some of the most fundamental questions in moral education, such as the nature of morality.