Moral Education and Pluralism

Table of contents

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• Title Page i
• Education, Culture and Values iii
• Contents v
• Editors' Foreword viii
• Part One - Reflections 1
• 1 - Society's Voice 3
• 2 - Should Moral Educators Abandon Moral Relativism? 8
• 3 - A Clarification of Some Key Terms in Values Discussions 16
• 4 - The Meaning of Dominance, the Dominance of Meaning, and the Morality of the Matter 32
• 5 - From Cultural Patchwork to Rainbows: Tightropes in Values Education 47
• 6 - The Cultural Desert of Schooling 58
• 7 - Manifestations of Relativism and Individualism in Moral Judgments of Individuals: Implications for Moral Education 71
• Part Two - Curriculum Dimensions 83
• 8 - Developing a Values Framework for Sex Education in a Pluralist Society 85
• 9 - Moral Imagination and the Case for Others 97
• 10 - Value Conflict and Fair Play, and a Sports Education Worthy of the Name 107

• Title Page i
• Education, Culture and Values iii
• Contents v
• Editors' Foreword viii
• Part One - Reflections 1
• 1 - Society's Voice 3
• 2 - Should Moral Educators Abandon Moral Relativism? 8
• 3 - A Clarification of Some Key Terms in Values Discussions 16
• 4 - The Meaning of Dominance, the Dominance of Meaning, and the Morality of the Matter 32
• 5 - From Cultural Patchwork to Rainbows: Tightropes in Values Education 47
• 6 - The Cultural Desert of Schooling 58
• 7 - Manifestations of Relativism and Individualism in Moral Judgments of Individuals: Implications for Moral Education 71
• Part Two - Curriculum Dimensions 83
• 8 - Developing a Values Framework for Sex Education in a Pluralist Society 85
• 9 - Moral Imagination and the Case for Others 97
• 10 - Value Conflict and Fair Play, and a Sports Education Worthy of the Name 107
• 11 - Learning Moral Commitment at University in a Plural Society 116
• 12 - Personal, Social and Moral Education in Latvia: Problems and Prospects 123
• 13 - Inclusive Moral Education: a Critique and Integration of Competing Approaches 131
• 14 - Schemas, Culture, and Moral Texts 149
• Part Three - Moral Values 159
• 15 - Values and Studentship in Post-Compulsory Education and Training 161
• 16 - What Value the Postmodern in Values Education? 171
• 17 - Authenticity, Teachers and the Future of Moral Education 181
• 18 - “e Pluribus Unum”: American Educational Values and the Struggle for Cultural Identity 193
• 19 - Values in Education: Definitely: 'Your Feet Are Always in the Water' 205
• 20 - Valuing Being 216
• 21 - Values in Multicultural Education: Whose Ethics? 226
• Index 239