The authors provide a unique perspective on what is needed to make character education an effective, lasting part of our educational agenda. Each chapter points out the directions that character education must take today and offers strategies essential for making progress in the field.

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• Introduction (0817929622_vii.pdf ~66 KB)
• Transmitting Moral Wisdom in an Age of the Autonomous Self (0817929622_1.pdf ~83 KB)
• How Moral Education Is Finding Its Way Back into America’s Schools (0817929622_23.pdf ~77 KB)
• The Science of Character Education (0817929622_43.pdf ~76 KB)
• Moral Exemplarity (0817929622_65.pdf ~73 KB)
• Educating the Stoic Warrior (0817929622_85.pdf ~119 KB)
• A Communitarian Position on Character Education (0817929622_113.pdf ~61 KB)
• Building Democratic Community: A Radical Approach to Moral Education (0817929622_129.pdf ~76 KB)
• Whose Values Anyway? (0817929622_149.pdf ~84 KB)
• Moral and Ethical Development in a Democratic Society (0817929622_173.pdf ~45 KB)
• Contributors (0817929622_183.pdf ~36 KB)
• Index (0817929622_187.pdf ~46 KB)