Formalism and Contextualism in Moral Education: An Analysis of Two Exemplars

The dissertation aims to analyze the theories of Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan as representatives of the formalist and the contextualist traditions in moral theory. It first examines problems that each theory leaves unresolved and explicates the apparent conflict and tension that exist between the two perspectives. The question of resolving the conflict between impartiality and particularity is a complex one to which no obvious and easy answer corresponds. While there are important conflicts and tensions between a formalist and a contextualist moral theory, these two points of view also serve to complement one another.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Cho, Kyung Won

• Education, Philosophy of

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8623271

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69048