Moving beyond rationalistic responses to the concern about indoctrination in moral education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21727633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilya Zrudlo (0000-0001-7787-9226, McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-203 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory and Research in Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-8785 • E-ISSN: 1741-3192 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14778785211016322 |
| OpenAlex | W3164185819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 29 |
Indoctrination is an ongoing concern in education, especially in debates about moral education. One approach to this issue is to come up with a rational procedure that can robustly justify potential items of moral education content. I call this the ‘rationalistic justification project’. Michael Hand’s recent book, A Theory of Moral Education, is representative of this approach. My essay has three parts. First, I show that Hand’s justificatory procedure – the problem-of-sociality justification – cannot serve the purposes he has in mind; it fails on its own terms and may even cause the teacher to inadvertently slide into indoctrination. Second, I argue that the causes of this failure lie deeper than Hand’s particular approach to the rationalistic justification project; rather, it is the broader project itself that is misguided, largely due to its narrow conceptions of morality and rationality. Third, I offer an alternative way of framing the issue of indoctrination, by drawing on Aristotle’s philosophy of rhetoric. My suggested approach recontextualizes the issue of indoctrination and brings into focus a broader set of relevant features of the teaching–learning situation
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Higher education · Ideology · Indoctrination · Morality · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Political science · Rationality · Rhetoric · Sociology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Law · Philosophy · Religious Education and Schools · Values and Moral Education
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |