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Values, Education and the Human World.
Title:
Values, Education and the Human World.
Author:
Haldane, John.
ISBN:
9781845402648
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (279 pages)
Series:
St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1 ; v.1

St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- Notes on the Contributers -- Introduction -- Values and Values Education -- The Nature of Values -- Problems of Values Education -- Culture -- A Cultural Crisis: The Devaluation of Values -- A Revaluation of Values: Keeping Politics in its Place -- Education, Value and the Sense of Awe -- The Pursuit of Excellence -- The State -- The Aim of Education -- The Context of Education -- Meeting Educational Needs -- Good Teaching -- Religion -- Political Society, Civil Society -- Language of Morals -- Values, Religion and Education: Diagnosis -- Values, Religion and Education: Prognosis? Cure? -- Science -- Science and Poetry -- Atoms, Memes and Individuals -- The Threat of Scientism -- The New Marx -- Back Matter -- References -- Also Available.
Abstract:
The essays in this book consist of revised versions of Victor Cook Memorial Lectures delivered in the universities of St. Andrews, London, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Oxford, Glasgow and Leeds.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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