Moral Education As a Means to Human Perfection and Social Order: Adam Smith’s View of Education in Commercial Society  

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Alvey, James A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: History of the Human Sciences vol. 14 no. 2 (May 2001), page 1–18.
Topik: Adam Smith; moral education; order; perfection; virtue
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During the post-Second World War period, Adam Smith’s moral theory was down-played and he acquired the undeserved reputation of an amoral, radical individualist. The trend in recent scholarship has been to rehabilitate him as a moral theorist and this article continues that trend. After a sketch of Smith’s moral theory, the article addresses his little-studied views on moral education. This education is important in the creation of human excellence and social stability. Smith offers a series of recommendations about the moral education of the young. For him, liberal society needs moral education: some of it is to be provided privately and some is to be provided by the public.

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