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Theses/Dissertations

Thesis; University of North Florida; UNF; Dissertations; Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in Practical Philosophy and Applied Ethics; Dissertations; Academic -- UNF -- Philosophy; Philosophy; Practical Philosophy; Philosophy of Education; Education; Ethics; Morality; Virtue Ethics; Intuitionism; Care

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Unearthing The Seeds Of Oppression And Injustice Within Education: Using Intuition, Care, And Virtue To Guide The Educative Process And Cultivate Morality., Lucas Worsham Jan 2016

Unearthing The Seeds Of Oppression And Injustice Within Education: Using Intuition, Care, And Virtue To Guide The Educative Process And Cultivate Morality., Lucas Worsham

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The emphasis of the inquiry is on the domain of education and the relationship present between the teacher and student more specifically. Essentially, the first part of the thesis outlines how the larger social-political system impacts the domain of public education, with the predominant issues of adversity becoming manifest at the level of the relationship that exists between teacher and student. The second part of the work utilizes the problems discovered and their impact on human experience to propose a virtue/care based method for approaching the relationship with the student in a way that both aligns more closely with the …