Virtue Flashcards
What are virtues?
Ethical correctness
Disposition of character and intellect
Qualities in a persons character and mind which are good to possess
What are the advantages of having virtue?
Stimulates people to act in a good way
Will do the virtuous act because it fits his idea of the good to do so
Not concerned with only being in the right state of mind but taking the right action as well
List down some good virtues
Wisdom
Fortitude (courage)
Justice
Self control
Love
Positive attitude
Integrity
Hard work
Gratitude
Humility
What are the 3 theories that consider education as part of a principled political theory?
The family state
The State of families
The State of individuals
What is the Family State?
Defining features: places educational authority as a means of establishing harmony between individual and social good based on knowledge
Purpose:
What is the State of Family?
Defining features: places Educational authority exclusively in the hands of the parent
Purpose: To choose a life consistent with their family herotage
What is the State of Individuals?
Defining features: the ideal educational authority is the one that maximises future choice without prejudicing children towards any conception of the good life
Purpose: Based on the notion of liberal neutrality in which both parents and the state look to Educational experts to make certain that no way of life is neglected or discriminated against
What is a democratic state of education as per Gutmann?
- state that recognised that educational authority must be shared among parents, citizens and educational professional because each of them have a legitimate interest on each child and the child’s future
What are the features of the Gutmann theory of democratic state of education?
Non repression
Non discrimination
What is social capital?
Connections among individuals
Social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them
What is social capital similar to?
Civic virtues
Collective efficacy
What is public work?
Suggests that civic education should be highly experiential and closely related to vocational efucatkon
