Moral Education in a Democracy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761857310)

In Moral Education in a Democracy, Charles Thomas Taylor argues that a common morality is essential for the security and well-being of a democratic society, but that the traditional dissemination of such moral values is now insufficient and inadequate. This deficiency requires a dramatic shift of the burden of this activity from the religious institutions to the public schools. Taylor proposes both a curriculum and a methodology for public moral education. While he maintains that an appropriate body of ethics can be derived from the ethical tenets of the major religions, he offers as a working model his own composite of such an ethics code. He further proposes a program of adult remedial moral education for use as an integral component of criminal rehabilitation and mental healthcare for convicts.

Author: Charles Thomas Taylor
ISBN-10: 0761857311
ISBN-13: 9780761857310
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 12/14/2011
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d