{"product_id":"debating-moral-education-9780822346166","title":"Debating Moral Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter decades of marginalization in the secularized twentieth-century academy, moral education has enjoyed a resurgence in American higher education, with the establishment of over one hundred ethics centres and programs on campuses across the country. This book debates the role of ethics in the university.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Recently colleges and universities that had for many years distanced themselves from their students’ growth as moral agents have begun taking this aspect of higher education very seriously. In this book they will find the issues laid out with admirable clarity and the fresh ideas and approaches they need to do the work well.”—\u003cb\u003eW. Robert Connor\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Classics, Emeritus, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e“Some of the best scholars in the field engage in the contemporary debate over the nature and scope of moral education, especially in American universities. Anyone wishing to trace this complex but fascinating debate would do well to read \u003ci\u003eDebating Moral Education\u003c\/i\u003e.” \u003cb\u003e—Terence Ball\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eReappraising Political Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This excellent collection of essays provides a timely and thoughtful account of the perils and prospects of moral education in our time. The contributors are prominent moral philosophers, political theorists, and civic educators whose different perspectives—some enthusiastic, others wary—make for a lively and reflective volume. The issues raised in this important book will interest and challenge students and educators in a context defined by related debates over academic freedom, intelligent design, and the ever-present culture wars.”—\u003cb\u003eJames Farr\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Minnesota\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDebating Moral Education\u003c\/i\u003e makes an indispensable contribution to moral education’s expanding bibliography.” -- Jerry Pattengale * Books \u0026amp; Culture *\u003cbr\u003e“[An] engaging collection of essays by prominent scholars from religious, philosophical, and political backgrounds who debate the role of morality and ethics in the university. . . . Readers who begin this book can easily imagine themselves caught up in the unfolding, urgent, but friendly controversy of scholarly opinions regarding moral education.” -- Lois Calian Trautvetter * Review of Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e“Elizabeth Kiss and Peter Euben's \u003ci\u003eDebating Moral Education\u003c\/i\u003e brings together an impressive group of philosophers, political scientists and, in the case of Stanley Hauerwas, a theologian to discuss these matters. . . . The strength of the volume lies in the editors' determination to give voice to a range of different views and leave readers (free) to pick their own way through.” -- J. Mark Halstead * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ Noah Pickus ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003e I. Introduction: Why the Return to Ethics? Why Now? 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Debating Moral Education: An Introduction \/ Elizabeth Kiss and J. Peter Euben 3\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Changing Contours of Moral Education in American Colleges and Universities \/ Julie Reuben 27\u003cbr\u003e II. What Are Universities For? 55\u003cbr\u003e 3. Aim High: A Response to Stanley Fish \/ Elizabeth Kiss and J. Peter Euben 57\u003cbr\u003e 4. I Know It When I See It: A Reply to Kiss and Euben \/ Stanley Fish 76\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Pathos of the University: The Case of Stanley Fish \/ Stanley Hauerwas 92\u003cbr\u003e 6. On the Distribution of Moral Badges: A Few Worries \/ Elizabeth V. Spelman 111\u003cbr\u003e III. The Politics and Ethics of Higher Education 123\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pluralism and the Education of the Spirit \/ Wilson Carey McWilliams and Susan McWilliams 125\u003cbr\u003e 8. Multiculturalism and Moral Education \/ Lawrence Blum 140\u003cbr\u003e 9. Against Civic Education \/ James Bernard Murphy 162\u003cbr\u003e 10. Education, Independence, and Acknowledgment \/ Patchen Markell 186\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Power of Morality \/ George Shulman 206\u003cbr\u003e 12. Hunger, Ethics, and the University: A Radical Democratic Goad in Ten Pieces \/ Romand Coles 223\u003cbr\u003e IV. Which Virtues? Whose Character? 247\u003cbr\u003e 13. Is There an Ethicist in the House? How Can We Tell? \/ David A. Hoekema 249\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Possibility of Moral Education in the University Today \/ J. Donald Moon 267\u003cbr\u003e 15. Is a Humanistic Education Humanizing? \/ Ruth W. Grant 286\u003cbr\u003e 16. Players and Spectators: Sports and Ethical Training in the American University \/ Michael Allen Gillespie 293\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 317\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 337\u003cbr\u003e Index 341","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406057808215,"sku":"9780822346166","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822346166.jpg?v=1730494387","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/debating-moral-education-9780822346166","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}