Education in an Age of Nihilism Education and Moral Standards

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Author:
Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith, Paul Standish
ISBN:
9781136370113
Related ISBNs:
9780203046777, 9780750710176, 9780750710176, 9780750710169, 9780750710169
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-06-12
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2000
Copyright by:
Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith and Paul Standish 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sociology