Peace Education: Exploring Ethical and Philosophical Foundations (PB)

By James Page

Book Overview

The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, writes in the Foreword to this book: "The present study by James Page provides a timely exposition of what might be argued to be a philosophy of peace education. It provides an overview of different philosophical approaches, and from diverse culture perspectives, of peace education throughout the world. As such it offers an important addition to the emerging literature on peace education and the culture of peace, as well as an important commentary on the peace mission of UNESCO." CONTENTS: Acknowledgments. Preface. Foreword. 1 The Problem of Peace Education. 2 Virtue Ethics and Peace Education. 3 Consequentialist Ethics and Peace Education. 4 Conservative Political Ethics and Peace Education. 5 Aesthetic Ethics and Peace Education. 6 The Ethics of Care and Peace Education. 7 Conclusions. 8 Abbreviations. Citation Method. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593118899
• ISBN13: 9781593118891
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"