The Case for an Education Based on Virtues

Virtues, Values, and Education

Our schools and colleges, with few exceptions, do less to form character and educate in the virtues than to inoculate the young against their cultural heritage.
Virtues, Values, and Education
“The School of Athens” (detail), circa 1510, by Raphael (1483–1520). Fresco. VIACHESLAV LOPATIN/SHUTTERSTOCK
Paul Adams
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You may have read a recent, sadly not atypical story from Canada about a Christian couple who were rejected as foster parents because of their Christian beliefs.

It seemed they had satisfied the social worker who interviewed them that they would adhere to all policies of the Children’s Aid Services and would carry out their duties accordingly.

Paul Adams
Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
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