Ben Spiecker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5397911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Spiecker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Spiecker |
| SIGNATURE | BEN SPIECKER |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sex education and ideals
This article argues that sex education should include sexual ideals. Sexual ideals are divided into sexual ideals in the strict sense and sexual ideals in the broad sense. It is argued that ideals that refer to the context that is deemed to be most ideal for the gratification of sexual ideals in the strict sense are rightfully called sexual ideals. After exploring influences on the development of sexual ideals of children and youngsters, the arti…
Sex education, state policy and the principle of mutual consent
Constitutive of the prevalent sexual morality in most Western European countries is the liberal principle of mutual consent (PMC). This sociological fact may give rise to the ethical question as to whether or not the state has the right to make sure that its citizens will observe PMC, among other ways by prescribing some form of sex education which has PMC as its moral content. With reference to the ambiguity of the term ‘morally permissible’, it…
Cultivating Sentimental Dispositions Through Aristotelian Habituation
The beliefs both that sentimental education is a vital part of moral education and that habituation is a vital part of sentimental education can be counted as being at the 'hard core' of the Aristotelian tradition of moral thought and action. On the basis of an explanation of the defining characteristics of Aristotelian habituation, this paper explores how and why habituation may be an effective way of cultivating the sentimental dispositions tha…
Is a Traumatic Childhood Just Another Abuse Excuse
(2003). Is a Traumatic Childhood Just Another Abuse Excuse? Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 441-450
A Moral‐Philosophical Perspective on Paedophilia and Incest
(2000). A Moral‐Philosophical Perspective on Paedophilia and Incest. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 283-291
Family Education, State Intervention and Political Liberalism
This paper tries, from the perspective of political liberalism, to answer the question whether parents can fail in the moral upbringing of their children to the extent that the state has the right to intervene or to override their legal authority over their children. It is argued that state intervention must meet the liberal criterion of justificatory neutrality, and, on the basis of a discussion of the notion of ‘reasonable citizens’, that only …
Japan and the American Identity
Moral identity and education in a multicultural society
Forms of trust in education and development
Indoctrination, Intellectual Virtues and Rational Emotions
Fantasies in Recent Historiography of Childhood
Fantasies in recent historiography of childhood
Cultivating Sentimental Dispositions Through Aristotelian Habituation
The beliefs both that sentimental education is a vital part of moral education and that habituation is a vital part of sentimental education can be counted as being at the 'hard core' of the Aristotelian tradition of moral thought and action. On the basis of an explanation of the defining characteristics of Aristotelian habituation, this paper explores how and why habituation may be an effective way of cultivating the sentimental dispositions tha…
Family Education, State Intervention and Political Liberalism
This paper tries, from the perspective of political liberalism, to answer the question whether parents can fail in the moral upbringing of their children to the extent that the state has the right to intervene or to override their legal authority over their children. It is argued that state intervention must meet the liberal criterion of justificatory neutrality, and, on the basis of a discussion of the notion of ‘reasonable citizens’, that only …
Indoctrination, Intellectual Virtues and Rational Emotions
Fantasies in Recent Historiography of Childhood
Fantasies in recent historiography of childhood
Indoctrination, Intellectual Virtues and Rational Emotions
Forms of trust in education and development
Japan and the American Identity
Moral identity and education in a multicultural society
Family Education, State Intervention and Political Liberalism
This paper tries, from the perspective of political liberalism, to answer the question whether parents can fail in the moral upbringing of their children to the extent that the state has the right to intervene or to override their legal authority over their children. It is argued that state intervention must meet the liberal criterion of justificatory neutrality, and, on the basis of a discussion of the notion of ‘reasonable citizens’, that only …
A Moral‐Philosophical Perspective on Paedophilia and Incest
(2000). A Moral‐Philosophical Perspective on Paedophilia and Incest. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 283-291
Is a Traumatic Childhood Just Another Abuse Excuse
(2003). Is a Traumatic Childhood Just Another Abuse Excuse? Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 441-450
Sex education, state policy and the principle of mutual consent
Constitutive of the prevalent sexual morality in most Western European countries is the liberal principle of mutual consent (PMC). This sociological fact may give rise to the ethical question as to whether or not the state has the right to make sure that its citizens will observe PMC, among other ways by prescribing some form of sex education which has PMC as its moral content. With reference to the ambiguity of the term ‘morally permissible’, it…
Cultivating Sentimental Dispositions Through Aristotelian Habituation
The beliefs both that sentimental education is a vital part of moral education and that habituation is a vital part of sentimental education can be counted as being at the 'hard core' of the Aristotelian tradition of moral thought and action. On the basis of an explanation of the defining characteristics of Aristotelian habituation, this paper explores how and why habituation may be an effective way of cultivating the sentimental dispositions tha…
Sex education and ideals
This article argues that sex education should include sexual ideals. Sexual ideals are divided into sexual ideals in the strict sense and sexual ideals in the broad sense. It is argued that ideals that refer to the context that is deemed to be most ideal for the gratification of sexual ideals in the strict sense are rightfully called sexual ideals. After exploring influences on the development of sexual ideals of children and youngsters, the arti…
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)