The Genealogy of Student Morals

Autor/in	Rombouts, Stephen
Titel	The Genealogy of Student Morals
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 25 (2012) 2, S.257-268 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-012-9283-x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Beliefs; Religion; Moral Values; Ethics; Philosophy; Cheating; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Belief; Glaube; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ethik; Philosophie; Prellen; Schulleistung
Abstract	Nothing is more likely to distort one's understanding of reality than the notion of relativism. It was for good reason that Thomas Aquinas began his treatise "On Truth" by repudiating the "error of the ancient philosophers [Democritus and Protagoras] who said that any opinion a person has in his intellect is true and that two contradictories can be true at the same time. In rejecting absolute truth as the basis of knowledge, relativism has obscured the intellectual foundation of moral certainty and reduced morality to a pragmatic formula that is based on convenience and self-interest. In this essay, the author attributes the rise of academic dishonesty to the current reign of moral relativism, and he asserts that virtue is best understood in context of belief in God. A response to the author's essay is presented. (Contains 8 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10