ISSN:
1467-9752
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Pädagogik
,
Philosophie
Notizen:
Against the background of enormous interest in virtue ethics, a new trend in moral education has appeared. This new trend, called ‘the virtue approach to moral education’, faces a strong challenge. If virtues are rooted in and developed within practices of a particular tradition, how is moral relativism to be avoided? Ironically, Alasdair MacIntyre, the foremost proponent of virtue ethics, has drawn the pessimistic conclusion that a shared public system of moral education is impossible in a plural society like ours. This paper aims to challenge MacIntyre's pessimistic conclusion, and to explore the viability of moral education in virtues as a shared public practice.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.00329