Mencius' Extension of Moral Feelings: Implications for Cosmopolitan Education

Autor/in	Tan, Charlene
Titel	Mencius' Extension of Moral Feelings: Implications for Cosmopolitan Education
Quelle	In: Ethics and Education, 14 (2019) 1, S.70-83 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tan, Charlene)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-9642
DOI	10.1080/17449642.2018.1538690
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Moral Values; Cultural Context; Confucianism; Educational Philosophy; Student Motivation; Family Relationship; Caring; Thinking Skills; Global Approach; Metacognition; Emotional Response; Teaching Methods; Altruism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Konfuzianismus; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Schulische Motivation; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Denkfähigkeit; Globales Denken; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Emotionales Verhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus
Abstract	This article explores Mencius' extension of moral feelings and its potential to address a key challenge in cosmopolitan education: how to motivate students to expand their existing affection and obligations towards their family and community to the rest of the world. Rather than strong universalism, a Mencian orientation is aligned with rooted cosmopolitanism that takes into account localised and cultural contexts that underpin, determine and give value to social practices. Mencius' approach, as argued in this essay, highlights the spontaneous human reactions to ethical situations, innate human goodness, analogical reasoning, moral character and agency. A Confucian form of cosmopolitan education gives emphasis not only to the students' moral imagination but also their instinctual responses, self-reflection and rationality. Such an education seeks to integrate emotions and reasoning through the utilisation of paradigm scenarios that identify and reinforce the natural compassionate feelings in the learner. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01