Learning for oneself: A Confucian-inspired case for moral formation in ethics pedagogy

This article explores the disconnection between ethical theory and ethical practice in ethics courses at secular U.S. colleges and universities. In such contexts academic ethics focuses almost exclusively on “ethical reasoning” and leaves the business of practical moral formation of students in the...

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Main Author: Duperon, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Teaching theology and religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-20
IxTheo Classification:BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
KBQ North America
NCA Ethics
ZF Education
Further subjects:B purpose of higher education
B Ethics
B Moral Formation
B ethics pedagogy
B Confucianism
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