UID:
almahu_9948665417402882
Format:
1 online resource (248 p.)
Edition:
1st, New ed.
ISBN:
9781453910573
Series Statement:
Studies in Moral Philosophy 4
Content:
This book develops a «conservative» conception of morality and its implications for moral education. The argument stresses practices of living over rationalistic theories. At its center is an account of the education of the emotions, in which cultivating reflective imagination is more important than mastering universal principles. The central contrast is with Lawrence Kohlberg and his theory of moral development. Simpson sees extending democratic practices of discussion and argument as best answering the question how, lacking certain standards of judgment, we can decide between competing conceptions of human progress.
Content:
«This spirited book will interest moral philosophers and educationalists for its sure grasp of contemporary philosophical and educational literature and its forceful challenge to standard views.» (H. Oberdiek, Choice) «Per chi, come il recensente, da anni studia la storia e la teoria della virtù, il libro di Simpson è illuminante, avvincente, plausibile e suasivo.» (Giuseppe Abbà, Salesianum)
Note:
Contents: Moral theories - Moral education - Education of the emotions - Virtue and the good life - Theories of development.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780820410791
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3726/978-1-4539-1057-3
URL:
https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/66097?format=EPDF
