The Trouble With Moral Citizens: A Response to “Moral-Character Development for Teacher Education” by Daniel Lapsley and Ryan Woodbury

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1. The turn to “ethics” also draws criticism, most notably for a presumed moral relativism that disallows passing moral judgments on any beliefs and practices rooted in cultures other than our own. Critics also argue that such relativism is based on incoherent and impractical notions of truth. See, for example, Harré and Krausz (1996), Lukes (2008), and Rorty (1989).

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Joel Westheimer

Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and education columnist for CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning and Ontario Today shows. His books include What Kind of Citizen? Educating Our Children for the Common Good; Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America’s Schools (foreword by Howard Zinn); and Among Schoolteachers: Community, Autonomy, and Ideology in Teachers’ Work. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow on Twitter @joelwestheimer.