Internal and External Difficulties in Moral Education

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Title:	Internal and External Difficulties in Moral Education
Authors:	但昭偉;Jau-wei Dan
Contributors:	臺北市立大學教育學系暨碩博士班
Keywords:	morality;immorality;moral education;difficulties of moral education;Confucianism
Date:	2012-12
Issue Date:	2014-04-29 20:15:23 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	Certain difficulties pervade the course of moral education and in this essay a broad picture of these shall be sketched. Moral educators need to understand the problems they will face if they intend to enhance their performance; this includes knowing the limits of moral education, and not going beyond their capacities. These difficulties may be put in two groups, one internal, which is within the control of moral educators; the other external, which is beyond the control of moral educators. Internal difficulties concern the gap between moral cognition and moral conduct. Since moral educators are not saints and suffer from vices themselves, students might learn the contrary of what educators mean to convey. External difficulties are more complicated. In this essay the author concentrates on proving how moral education provides an incentive to breach morality itself. The author shall also endeavor to show that a higher standard of morality might cause greater failure in moral education. Under this logic, we need to first deal with the external difficulties in order to tackle internal ones, for they are intertwined.
Relation:	Educational Philosophy and Theory，Vol.44 Issue 10，p1133-1146
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Education] Periodical Articles

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