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ERIC Number: EJ988819
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-2004
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Kant on Dignity and Education
Giesinger, Johannes
Educational Theory, v62 n6 p609-620 Dec 2012
In this essay, Johannes Giesinger discusses the educational significance of Immanuel Kant's conception of human dignity. According to Kant, Giesinger claims, children can and should be educated for dignity: on the one hand, children realize their dignity by developing the capacity for moral autonomy; on the other hand, this capacity can only evolve if children's sense of their own dignity--that is, their self-respect--is awakened. Educating children means, for Kant, helping them to develop a proper relation with themselves and thereby become moral persons. (Contains 27 footnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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