Education in an Age of Nihilism: Education and Moral Standards

di Nigel Blake (Autore)

Paul Smeyers (Autore)

Richard Smith (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000

This book addresses concerns about educational and moral standards in a world increasingly characterised by nihilism. On the one hand there is widespread anxiety that standards are falling; on the other, new machinery of accountability and inspection to show that they are not. The authors in this book state that we cannot avoid nihilism if we are simply laissez-faire about values, neither can we reduce them to standards of performance, nor must we return to traditional values. They state that we need to create a new set of values based on a critical assessment of contemporary practice in the light of a number of philosophical texts that address the question of nihilism, including the work of Nietzsche.

• Autore: Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2000
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 260 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 138 mm
• Peso: 385 gr.
• EAN: 9780750710176

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