Liberal education, moral education, and religion
Nord W.A.
2007
The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education
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Liberal education comes in various shapes and sizes. I will discuss two historically influential conceptions of liberal education, both of which have clear implications for how we think of moral education. Though their emphases are different, they are, in fact, complementary, and I will argue that an adequate account of moral education requires that we draw on both. I will also argue that serious study of religion is essential to both liberal education and moral education. (What will give this thesis particular punch is that I make this claim regarding public as well as private higher education.) First, however, a few comments about why moral education is such a problem in higher education. © 2007 Baylor University Press.
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