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Creating Civil Citizens? The Value and Limits of Teaching Civility in SchoolsIn Macleod Colin & Tappolet Christine (eds.), Philosophical Perspectives on Moral and Civic Education: Shaping Citizens, Routledge. 2019.Andrée-Anne Cormier and Harry Brighouse explore the question of whether there are good reasons for schools to try and produce citizens disposed to use, and practiced in, civil discourse and behavior, and if so, what this implies for schools. First, the authors propose an account of the value (and disvalue) of civility, drawing on Cheshire Calhoun’s conception. They argue that civility is good in many circumstances, but not always. In some circumstances, it is neither beneficial nor morally requi…Read more
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Values and evidence in educational decision-makingIn Randall R. Curren (ed.), Handbook of philosophy of education, Routledge. 2023.
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