The Study of Ethics as Moral Education

Résumé

Using the main proponents of contemporary moral philosophical positions, this article examines the fruitfulness of teaching ethnics to children and youth. The major question is whether such study might lead to practical consequences - and indeed if this is a necessary consideration for the study of ethics. The teaching of rational moral decision- making involves problems of rules of justification and guidance as well as the establishment of principles which would illustrate the relationship between theory and practice.