Moral Education and the Community of Commitment
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moral education, school community, cultural pluralism, family role, alternative schoolingAbstract
The paper examines the relationship of moral education and the community of commitment on which programs of moral education depend. The community of commitment is explicated in terms of agreements of concept, judgment, and practice. This complex and dynamic agreement of meaning is recognized as the “given” in moral education, as the substantial social space within which moral autonomy is possible. The relationship of this intersubjective agreement and moral autonomy enables clarification of several aspects of the conduct of moral education in schools, specifically: the role of the family, the school as community, cultural pluralism, and program development. Alternative schooling is examined as a means of moral education.
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