This book includes an analysis of the broad stages in the developmental pattern, of the key variables that must shape it, of their function in moral judgement and of the principles that must lie behind a moral education that has autonomy as its goal.
In: China news analysis: Zhongguo-xiaoxi-fenxi, Issue 1441, p. 1-9
ISSN: 0009-4404
Unter Rekurs auf die Ergebnisse soziologischer Studien über den Einstellungs- und Wertewechsel der städtischen Jugend Chinas beschreibt der Artikel die Versuche von Staat und Partei, der aus der Konfrontation traditioneller Werte mit den Erfordernissen einer westlich orientierten Modernisierung erwachsenen "moralischen Krise" der chinesischen Gesellschaft mit einer politisch-ideologischen Kampagne zur Verstärkung der "moralischen Erziehung" zu begegnen. (BIOst-Hml)
AbstractIn this paper, we draw attention to several important tensions between Kant's account of moral education and his commitment to transcendental idealism. Our main claim is that, in locating freedom outside of space and time, transcendental idealism makes it difficult for Kant to both provide an explanation of how moral education occurs, but also to confirm that his own account actually works. Having laid out these problems, we then offer a response on Kant's behalf. We argue that, while it might look like Kant has to abandon his commitment to either moral education or transcendental idealism, there is a way in which he can maintain both.