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Civic Education and the Good

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It is argued that children need to learn about civic issues intheir education because certain virtues are required for a decently organisedsociety. It is also argued that the school has wide obligations to educate theyoung in civics because it is in their best interests. This is not seen asan encroachment on the privacy of the individual. It is explained that theschool has an obligation to impart knowledge to the young.

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of Akureyri, Iceland

    Gudmundur Heidar Frímannsson

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Frímannsson, G.H. Civic Education and the Good. Studies in Philosophy and Education 20, 303–315 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011834707490

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