ABSTRACT

The term 'morals' implies behaviour, and the adjectives 'moral' and 'immoral' suggest behaviour which is acceptable and unacceptable. There is also a suggestion of 'social criteria', because when we talk about moral behaviour being acceptable and immoral behaviour being unacceptable, we think of the acceptance, or non-acceptance, by society. Society has established norms or standards against which to measure different modes of behaviour to determine their acceptability or otherwise. In much the same way, Peters established three criteria against which to measure different processes, to determine whether they merit the term 'education'.