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ERIC Number: EJ812337
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Aug
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1361-7672
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Addressing the Moral Quandary of Contemporary Universities: Rejecting a Less than Human Moral Education
Glanzer, Perry L.; Ream, Todd C.
Journal of Beliefs & Values, v29 n2 p113-123 Aug 2008
Whereas a consensus used to exist that universities had the responsibility to make students more fully human, today one finds scholars claiming that universities should form only certain aspects of a student's identity or should draw primarily from only certain aspects. In other words, scholars support the claim that the university should or should not undertake a certain kind of moral education by appealing to a particular aspect of human or institutional identity. In this paper, we survey two such arguments regarding moral education in the university as well as a third option that leaves open the possibility of an approach to moral education grounded in a specific kind of humanism. The paper then evaluates these arguments and contends that the vision for moral education with a pluralistic humanistic vision provides the best vision for moral enquiry and formation in higher education. (Contains 1 note.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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