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Publication Date: 2012-Sep
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Kant's Account of Moral Education
Giesinger, Johannes
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v44 n7 p775-786 Sep 2012
While Kant's pedagogical lectures present an account of moral education, his theory of freedom and morality seems to leave no room for the possibility of an education for freedom and morality. In this paper, it is first shown that Kant's moral philosophy and his educational philosophy are developed within different theoretical paradigms: whereas the former is situated within a transcendentalist framework, the latter relies on a teleological notion of human nature. The second part of this paper demonstrates that the core ideas of Kant's moral philosophy are also present in his pedagogy. This means that the problem of moral education must be solved within the transcendentalist framework. It is finally claimed that Kant himself outlines a solution to this problem in his pedagogical lectures. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Freedom, Educational Philosophy, Moral Values, Teaching Methods, Theories, Guidelines
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