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- The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education
- The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Traditions in Ethics and Education
- 1 Ancient Chinese Ethics and Education
- 2 Ancient Greek and Roman Ethics and Education
- 3 Ubuntu Ethics and Education in Southern Africa
- 4 Ethical and Environmental Knowledge and Education
- 5 Ethics, Education, and the Inheritance of Abraham
- 6 Prioritizing Outcomes
- 7 Freedom and the Ethics of Educational Authority
- 8 Moral Education in the Virtues
- 9 The Ethics of Bildung and Liberal Education
- 10 American Pragmatism, Democratic Ethics, and Education
- 11 Radical Ethics
- 12 The Ethics of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics in Education
- 13 Feminist Ethics and the Contradictions of Gender
- 14 Postmodern/Poststructuralist Ethics and Education
- Part II Ethics and Education in Practice
- Part III Emerging Ethical Pathways and Frameworks
- Index
- References
9 - The Ethics of Bildung and Liberal Education
from Part I - Traditions in Ethics and Education
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education
- The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Traditions in Ethics and Education
- 1 Ancient Chinese Ethics and Education
- 2 Ancient Greek and Roman Ethics and Education
- 3 Ubuntu Ethics and Education in Southern Africa
- 4 Ethical and Environmental Knowledge and Education
- 5 Ethics, Education, and the Inheritance of Abraham
- 6 Prioritizing Outcomes
- 7 Freedom and the Ethics of Educational Authority
- 8 Moral Education in the Virtues
- 9 The Ethics of Bildung and Liberal Education
- 10 American Pragmatism, Democratic Ethics, and Education
- 11 Radical Ethics
- 12 The Ethics of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics in Education
- 13 Feminist Ethics and the Contradictions of Gender
- 14 Postmodern/Poststructuralist Ethics and Education
- Part II Ethics and Education in Practice
- Part III Emerging Ethical Pathways and Frameworks
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter traces the evolution of the educational concept Bildung, beginning with its roots in ancient Western thought, then to its formation in Weimar classicism and Hegel’s thought, and finally to the adoption of those German traditions in contemporary American educational thought.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education , pp. 166 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024