Review article

Rousseau’s thoughts on philosophy of education and primarily on moral education

Aleksandra Golubović ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract

In this paper we will discusses Rousseau’s philosophy of education. The aim is to analyze the main aspects of Roussau’s approach to education as developed in Emil, particularly given the way its moral aspects are emphasized. It is agreed that moral education, especially concerning education generally, its types, methods and aims, is crucial not only for the person as an individual but also for the person as a member of society. Education has important role in determining what kindof person someone will become, what his values are going to be and how they will be realized as well as how the individual will treat others. In other words, the education has one of the most important role to play for development of personality. Education, or at least some of its type is presupposed as well as expected as a result of the overall educational system in schools all over the world, and our country is no exception to this. However, it is not entirely clear whatwe are talking about when discussing moral education. Therefore, in this paper we will analyze Rousseau’s approach to the phenomenon of moral education and we will see the extent to which his thoughts are still valuable.

Keywords

Rousseau; education; moral education; virtue; values

Hrčak ID:

190111

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/190111

Publication date:

14.10.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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