1st Edition

Moral Development and Moral Education (REV) RPD

By R. S. Peters Copyright 1981
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1981, this collection of essays was taken from Peters’ larger work, Psychology and Ethical Development (1974) in order to provide a more focused volume on moral education for students. Peters’ background in both psychology and philosophy makes the work distinctive, which is evident from the first two essays alone: ‘Freud’s theory of Moral Development in Relation to that of... Read more

Preface; Acknowledgements 1. Freud’s theory of Moral Development in Relation to that of Piaget 2. Moral Education and the Psychology of Character 3. Reason and Habit: the Paradox of Moral Education 4. Concrete Principles and the Rational Passions 5. Moral Development: a Plea for Pluralism 6. Freedom and the Development of the Free Man 7. Moral Development and Moral Learning 8. The Place of Kohlberg’s Theory in Moral Education; Index

Biography

R.S. Peters