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Clayton, Matthew and Stevens, David (2019) The poverty of contractarian moral education. Journal of Moral Education, 48 (4). pp. 501-514. doi:10.1080/03057240.2019.1576123 ISSN 0305-7240.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2019.1576123
Abstract
In A Theory of Moral Education, Michael Hand claims that a directive moral education that seeks to persuade children that a particular conception of contractarian morality is justified can be undertaken without falling foul of the requirement not to indoctrinate. In this article, we set out a series of challenges to Hand’s argument. First, we argue that Hand’s focus on ‘reasonable disagreement’ regarding the status of a moral conception is a red-herring in this conception. Second, we argue that the endorsement of moral contractarianism and the prohibition on indoctrination pull in different directions: if contractarianism is sound, then teachers or governments should be less worried about indoctrination than Hand suggests. Third, we argue that moral contractarianism is mistaken; teachers should look elsewhere for guidance on the moral norms and principles towards which they should direct their pupils.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Contractarianism (Ethics), Hand, Michael (Michael Robert) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Moral Education | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0305-7240 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 48 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 501-514 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/03057240.2019.1576123 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Moral Education on 04/04/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03057240.2019.1576123 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 January 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 October 2020 | ||||||||
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