Educating moral people: a caring alternative to character education

Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
CHAPTER ONE: Care Ethics and Character Education......Page 18
CHARACTER EDUCATION......Page 20
CARE ETHICS......Page 25
PART I: Moral Education from the Care Perspective......Page 28
AN ETHIC OF CARE AND ITS SOURCE......Page 30
THE COMPONENTS OF MORAL EDUCATION......Page 32
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES......Page 38
A CLIMATE OF VIOLENCE......Page 42
LEARNING TO BE CARED FOR......Page 43
LEARNING TO CARE......Page 49
CONCLUSION......Page 55
CHAPTER FOUR: Care and Critical Thinking......Page 56
VALUING A MORAL LIFE......Page 57
THE POWER OF STORIES......Page 61
AN EXTENDED EXAMPLE......Page 64
ADD WOMEN AND STIR......Page 68
AN EXAMPLE: HOMEMAKING......Page 70
RECOGNIZING AND AVOIDING EXPLOITATION......Page 72
THE CONTINUING NEED FOR CARE......Page 73
CONCLUSION......Page 75
PART II: Philosophical and Historical Issues......Page 76
THE FOUNDATION OF CHARACTER IN COMMUNITY......Page 78
THE TWO SIDES OF COMMUNITY......Page 82
A REASONABLE POSITION FOR EDUCATORS......Page 87
THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF EDUCATION......Page 90
THE ETHICAL PRODUCT OF EDUCATION......Page 94
BEYOND DEWEY? SOME THOUGHTS......Page 99
NOTE......Page 101
CHAPTER EIGHT: Two Concepts of Caring......Page 102
PART III: Curriculum and Moral Education......Page 108
CHAPTER NINE: A Morally Defensible Mission for Schools in the 21st Century......Page 110
CONFLICT OVER GOOD AND EVIL......Page 119
THE NEED FOR A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE......Page 123
LEARNING THE MANLY AND WOMANLY ARTS......Page 126
UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING EVIL......Page 131
CONCLUSION......Page 134
FORMAL CONVERSATION......Page 135
CONVERSATION AS PARTICIPATION IN TRADITION......Page 139
ORDINARY CONVERSATION......Page 143
THREE FORMS OF CONVERSATION......Page 148
FORMAL CONVERSATION......Page 150
THE IMMORTAL CONVERSATION......Page 153
ORDINARY CONVERSATION......Page 159
NOTE......Page 163
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Looking Back, Looking Ahead......Page 165
References......Page 172
C......Page 182
E......Page 183
J......Page 184
N......Page 185
S......Page 186
Z......Page 187
About the Author......Page 188