How to Teach Morality

Promoting Deliberation and Discussion, Reducing Violence and Deceit

by Georg Lind

Book cover: How to Teach Morality

Extent: 200 pages

Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin

Subjects: Philosophy, Social Sciences 

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(July 2016)

ISBN: 9783832542825

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $30.00

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What is morality? How can it be measured? What is its nature and origin? And, most importantly, how can it be taught? These age-old yet still unanswered questions cannot be addressed, Lind argues, unless we develop a new science of moral behavior and education. Lind does just that in his book, invoking related contributions by eminent philosophers, psychologists and educators. The first part presents a new way of studying morality, and a great bulk of Lind’s own research and other studies backing it. The second part shows how to teach morality effectively with Lind’s Konstanz Method of Dilemma Discussion (KMDD), which is used in all ages and across cultures. On the basis of many years of practical international experience with the KMDD in different institutions of education, professional schools, armed forces and prisons, Lind provides advice on how educators can learn, implement and improve the method. Lind also presents the related Just Community method of democratic community building.

  • By (author) Georg Lind

"Dr. Lind's experimental and educational approach to morality is unique worldwide." Dr. Ewa Nowak, Professor of Philosophy, University of Poznan, Poland. Author of "Experimental ethics." "Whoever is interested in the training of students, teachers and educators of all kinds will find appropriate information for primary, secondary and post-secondary education and beyond." Dr. Wilhelm Peteraen, Professor emeritus of Education, University of Education at Weingarten, Germany. "Dr. Lind's threefold combination of theory, practice, and empirical research might become the standard for pedagogical developments which do not only claim, but demonstrate hands-on, and show proof for effects." Dr. Sibylle Reinhardt, Professor emeritus of Social Studies, University of Halle, Germany. Author of Teaching Civics.