CAN WE TEACH CHILDREN TO BE 3 1 GOOD? 0 2 r e b m e c e D Basic Issues in Moral, Personal and Social 3 1 Education 1 0 : 1 2 t a Roger Straughan ] y t i s r e v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A [ y b d e d a o l n w ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: o D EDUCATION ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: EDUCATION CAN WE TEACH CHILDREN TO BE GOOD? 3 1 0 2 r e b m e c e D 3 1 1 0 : 1 2 t a ] y t i s r e v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A [ y b d e d a o l n w o D 3 1 0 2 r e b m e c e D 3 1 1 0 : 1 2 t a ] y t i s r e v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A [ y b d e d a o l n w o D CAN WE TEACH CHILDREN TO BE 3 1 GOOD? 0 2 r e Basic Issues in Moral, Personal and Social b m e Education c e D 3 1 1 0 : 1 2 t a ] y t i s er ROGER STRAUGHAN v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A Volume 157 [ y b d e d a o l n w o D Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published in 1982 Second edition published in 1988 This edition first published in 2012 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN 3 Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada 1 by Routledge 0 2 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 r e Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business b m © 1988 Roger Straughan e c All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or e D utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now 3 known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any 1 information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the 1 publishers. 0 : 1 2 Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered t trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent ] a to infringe. y t British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data i s A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library r e v i ISBN 13: 978-0-415-61517-4 (Set) n U eISBN 13: 978-0-203-81617-2 (Set) m ISBN 13: 978-0-415-69924-2 (Volume 157) eISBN 13: 978-0-203-13605-8 (Volume 157) i l s u Publisher’s Note M The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but h points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. r a g Disclaimer i Al The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would [ welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. y b d e d a o l n w o D CAN WE TEACH CHILDREN TO BE GOOD? 3 1 0 2 r e b m e c e D 3 1 1 0 : 1 2 t a ] y t i s r e v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A [ y b d e d a o l n w o D 3 1 0 2 r e b m e c e D 3 1 1 0 : 1 2 t a ] y t i s r e v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A [ y b d e d a o l n w o D Can We Teach Children To Be Good? Basic issues in moral, personal and social education 3 1 0 2 r e b New Edition m e c e D 3 1 1 Roger Straughan 0 : 1 2 t a ] y t i s r e v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A [ y b d e d a o l n w o D Open University Press Milton Keynes • Philadelphia Open University Press Celtic Court 22 Ballmoor Buckingham MK18 1XW e + mail: enquiries©openup.co.uk world wide web: http://www.openup.co.uk and 3 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA 1 0 2 r First Published 1982 by Allen and Unwin be This new edition first published 1988. m Reprinted 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1999 e c Copyright this edition © Roger Straughan 1988 e D 3 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, 1 stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, 0 1: without written permission from the publisher. 2 t a ] A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library y t i s er ISBN 0-335-09525-9 0-335-09524-0 Pbk v i n U Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data m Straughan, Roger. i sl Can we teach children to be good?: basic issues in moral, personal, u M and social education/Roger Straughan.—New ed. h p. cm. r a Bibliography: p. g li Includes index. A [ ISBN 0-335-09524-0 (pbk.) ISBN 0-335-09525-9 y b 1. Moral education. 2. Education—Philsophy. 3. Education—Aims d and objectives. I. Title. e d LC268.S8 1988 a o l 370.11'4 - dc19 88-19688 CIP n w o D Printed in Great Britain by J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, Bristol For Eleanor-who hopes that we can't. 3 1 0 2 r e b m e c e D 3 1 1 0 : 1 2 t a ] y t i s r e v i n U m i l s u M h r a g i l A [ y b d e d a o l n w o D