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Values, education and the human world : essays on education, culture, politics, religion and science / edited and introduced by John Haldane.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs.
- St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moral education.
- Values.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Va. : Imprint Academic, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The essays in this book consist of revised versions of Victor Cook Memorial Lectures delivered in the universities of St. Andrews, London, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Oxford, Glasgow and Leeds....
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Notes on the Contributers; Introduction; Values and Values Education; The Nature of Values; Problems of Values Education; Culture; A Cultural Crisis: The Devaluation of Values; A Revaluation of Values: Keeping Politics in its Place; Education, Value and the Sense of Awe; The Pursuit of Excellence; The State; The Aim of Education; The Context of Education; Meeting Educational Needs; Good Teaching; Religion; Political Society, Civil Society; Language of Morals; Values, Religion and Education: Diagnosis
- Values, Religion and Education: Prognosis? Cure?Science; Science and Poetry; Atoms, Memes and Individuals; The Threat of Scientism; The New Marx; Back Matter; References; Also Available
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-44523-9
- 9786613445230
- 1-84540-264-2
- 9781845402642
- OCLC:
- 745866957
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