Education In Morality (routledge International Studies In The Philosophy Of Education, 8)

EDUCATION IN MORALITY Moral education is high on the agenda of most Western societies, but the contemporary climate of moral confusion and sometimes panic is not necessarily conducive to considered judgements about what teachers and schools should be doing in this area, and about which forms of moral education deserve the support of parents, citizens and governments. 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. Part I considers the nature of morality and moral education. In Part II a debate is developed about citizenship and moral education in a liberal democracy, and about the importance of wider social considerations. Part III examines the notion of education in the virtues and offers a critique of the currently popular concept of ‘character education’. Part IV focuses on pluralism and postmodernism, which provide some of the most powerful challenges to familiar concepts of moral education. Finally, Part V raises the question of moral motivation. J.Mark Halstead is Reader in Moral Education at the University of Plymouth and Director of the Centre for Research into Moral, Spiritual and Cultural Understanding and Education (RIMSCUE Centre). A former school-teacher and journalist, he has written several books on values in education. Terence H.McLaughlin is University Lecturer in Education at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St Edmund’s College Cambridge, where he is Director of Studies of Philosophy. He has written on many areas of the philosophy of education, and is currently the Vice-Chair of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION 1 EDUCATION AND WORK IN GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY AND ITALY Edited by A.Jobert, C.Marry, L.Tanguy and H.Rainbird 2 EDUCATION, AUTONOMY AND DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP Philosophy in a changing world Edited by David Bridges 3 THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN LEARNING Christopher Winch 4 EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH Beyond the postmodern impasse Edited by David Carr 5 VIRTUE ETHICS AND MORAL EDUCATION Edited by David Carr and jan Steutel 6 DURKHEIM AND MODERN EDUCATION Edited by Geoffrey Walford and W.S.F.Pickering 7 THE AIMS OF EDUCATION Edited by Roger Marples 8 EDUCATION IN MORALITY Edited by J.Mark Halstead and Terence H.McLaughlin EDUCATION IN MORALITY Edited by J.Mark Halstead and Terence H.McLaughlin London and New York First published 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 1999 selection and editorial matter, J.Mark Halstead and Terence H.McLaughlin; individual chapters, the contributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted o