Education in an Age of Nihilism
Education and Moral Standards
Richard Smith author Paul Smeyers author Paul Standish author Nigel Blake author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
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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.
ISBN: 9780750710169
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Weight: 476g
260 pages