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Israel Scheffler's Ethics: Theory and Practice

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Evincing his not uncritical allegiance to pragmatic philosophy, Isreal Scheffler's notion of ethics and its role in education is one which attempts to dissolve inherited distinctions in the field. For Scheffler's ethics, aimed always at justifiable conduct, is conduct guided by rationality, powered by emotion, responsive the needs of it agents' community, learned through moral education, practiced habitually, and ultimately justified by individual commitment to action. Scheffler's primary desideratum is to arrive at an ethics that is justifiable because it is reasonable and so can gain our commitment.

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Worsfold, L.V. Israel Scheffler's Ethics: Theory and Practice. Studies in Philosophy and Education 16, 189–200 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004915508434

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