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Care Ethics in Education

Care Ethics in Education


Educational Forum

Professor Candice L. Shelby

"Care Ethics in Education." Educational Forum, v67 n4 p337-43

Difficulties with current models of ethics education (correct reasoning, virtue theory, directive moral education) include emphasis on reward/punishment and a presumptive bias toward abstract reasoning. Teaching a care-based ethics would promote a fuller notion of mature moral agents and broaden the school climate beyond compliance.