ABSTRACT
Tracing the views on moral life of such past philosophers as Plato, Aristotle and Kant, as well as of such theorists as Durkheim, Freud, Piaget and Kohlberg, the author sets forth a full discussion of the nature and educational implications of the idea of moral virtue.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |87 pages
Ideas of Virtue in Moral Philosophy
chapter 1|19 pages
Virtue As Knowledge: Socrates and Plato
chapter 2|19 pages
Virtue as Character: Aristotle's Ethics
chapter 3|24 pages
Virtue as Self-Determination: Rousseau and Kant
chapter 4|23 pages
Modern Moral Philosophy: Two Concepts of Morality
part |79 pages
Social Science and Moral Development
chapter 5|19 pages
Moral Education as Socialisation: Emile Durkheim
chapter 6|20 pages
Psychoanalysis and Moral Character: Freud, Lane and Neill
chapter 7|20 pages
Cognitive Growth and Moral Development: Piaget and Kohlberg
chapter 8|18 pages
Moral Development in Progressive and Traditional Educational Thought
part |81 pages
Virtue, Reason and Education