Essays on Religion and Education
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 September 1998
- ISBN 9780198249962
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 217x139x13 mm
- Weight 314 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
R. M. Hare, one of the most widely discussed of today's moral philosophers, here presents his most important essays on religion and education, in which he brings together the theoretical and the practical. The main themes of the book are the relations between religion and morality and the question how children can be educated to think for themselves, freely but rationally, about moral questions.
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R. M. Hare, one of the most widely discussed of today's moral philosophers, here presents his most important essays on religion and education, in which he brings together the theoretical and the practical. The book opens with an exposition of his ideas on the meaning of religious language. There follow several essays, theoretical and practical, on the relations between religion and morality, which have deep implications for moral education. The central question addressed in the rest of the volume is how children can be educated to think for themselves, freely but rationally, about moral questions; and Professor Hare examines the effects on society of failure to achieve this. He argues that those who want to dispense with morality are in effect resigning from a vital educational task. Attitudes to euthanasia and to equality of educational opportunity are taken as examples of how our thinking can go wrong.
'The former Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford . . . has brought together a collection of papers exploring, with his customary clarity of thought and elegance of expression, the light which moral philosophy can shed on certain religious and educational questions . . . it is illuminating to follow an eminent philosopher at work on matters of great practical importance, and in prodding theologians to think more clearly.' Church Times
'[a] cogent and compelling vision, enunciated with all the intelligence, elegance and vigour for which Hare is justly renowned' Times Literary Supplement
'All the essays are a delight to read: clear, succinct, precisely expressed, and devoid of technical jargon. The collection will be welcomed by philosophers of education.' Theology
'an important resource for persons interested in clarifying the language of moral education in a religiously pluralist society' Religious Studies Review
'admirably clear and straightforward'Journal of the American Academy of Religion
'It is . . . a pleasure to receive for review a book by someone who is palpably expert in a particular discipline, and able to deploy that discipine on topics which have a demonstrably practical relevance to education. Most books satisfy neither criterion; this one satisfies both. Add Hare's well-known clarity of style and presentation, and we have something really worth reading.' Oxford Review of Education
The former Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford, who is now in Florida, has brought together a collection of papers exploring, with his customary clarity of thought and elegance of expression, the light which moral philosophy can shed on certain religious and educational questions ... it is illuminating to follow an eminent philosopher at work on matters of great practical importance, and in prodding theologians to think more clearly.
Table of Contents:
The Simple Believer
Appendix: Theology and Falsification
Religion and Morals
Are there Moral Authorities?
Euthanasia: A Christian View
How did Morality Get a Bad Name?
Satanism and Nihilism
Adolescents into Adults
Autonomy as an Educational Ideal
Value Education in a Pluralist Society
Language and Moral Education
Appendix: Rejoinder to G. J. Warnock
Platonism in Moral Education: Two Varieties
Why Moral Language?
Opportunity for What? Some Remarks on Current Disputes about Equality in Education
References and Bibliography
Index
