Moral Exemplars in Education: A Liberal Account

Autor/in	Croce, Michel
Titel	Moral Exemplars in Education: A Liberal Account
Quelle	In: Ethics and Education, 15 (2020) 2, S.186-199 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Croce, Michel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-9642
DOI	10.1080/17449642.2020.1731658
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Moral Values; Educational Philosophy; Teaching Methods; Moral Development; Ethical Instruction; Behavior Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Moralische Entwicklung; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht
Abstract	This paper takes issue with the exemplarist strategy of fostering virtue development with the specific goal of improving its applicability in the context of education. I argue that, for what matters educationally, we have good reasons to endorse a "liberal" account of moral exemplarity. Specifically, I challenge two key assumptions of Linda Zagzebski's "Exemplarist Moral Theory," namely that moral exemplars are exceptionally virtuous agents and that imitating their behavior is the main strategy for acquiring the virtues. I will introduce and discuss the notions of "enkratic exemplars" and "injustice illuminators" and show that we have good reasons to consider them moral exemplars although they fail to satisfy (either of) the key assumptions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01