Educating Moral People : A Caring Alternative to Character Education

Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Care Ethics and Character Education 1(12) PART I: Moral Education from the Care Perspective Care and Moral Education 13(12) Learning to Care and to Be Cared For 25(14) Care and Critical Thinking 39(12) The Care Tradition: Past, Present, Future 51(10) PART II: Philosophical and Historical Issues Character Education and Community 61(12) Thoughts on Dewey's ``Ethical Principles Underlying Education'' 73(12) Two Concepts of Caring 85(8) PART III: Curriculum and Moral Education A Morally Defensible Mission for Schools in the 21st Century 93(9) Educating Moral People 102(16) Conversation as Moral Education 118(13) Stories and Conversation in Schools 131(17) Looking Back, Looking Ahead 148(7) References 155(10) Index 165(6) About the Author 171