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  • Chapter 17 - The Moral Eclipse of Boredom

  • from Part III - Responses to Contemporary Moral Problems
  • Edited by Douglas W. Yacek, Universität Dortmund, Mark E. Jonas, Wheaton College, Illinois, Kevin H. Gary, Valparaiso University, Indiana
  • Book:
    Moral Education in the 21st Century
    Published online:
    01 June 2023
    Print publication:
    15 June 2023, pp 326-351

  • Summary

    This chapter is concerned with the moral significance of boredom. Boredom is a problematic mood state that is causally correlated with several troublesome behaviors. While omnipresent in schools, boredom is seldom addressed explicitly. Schools do, however, offer a latent curriculum vis-à-vis boredom. Confronted with boredom, students are conditioned to do one of two things: first, escape boring circumstances, as much as possible, or second, resign themselves to boredom as an inevitable part of life. Both responses are problematic and avoid meaningful reflection on and engagement with this troubling mood state. In the chapter, I explore the nature of boredom (both situational and existential). I then turn to Albert Borgmann’s notion of a focal practice as a promising antidote to boredom. In Borgmann’s phenomenology of focal practices, I find resources for a pedagogy that begins to constructively address the perilous mood state of boredom.

  • Chapter 1 - Why Does Moral Education Matter in the 21st Century?

  • Edited by Douglas W. Yacek, Universität Dortmund, Mark E. Jonas, Wheaton College, Illinois, Kevin H. Gary, Valparaiso University, Indiana
  • Book:
    Moral Education in the 21st Century
    Published online:
    01 June 2023
    Print publication:
    15 June 2023, pp 1-6

  • Summary

    Moral education is an unavoidable aspect of classroom interactions between teachers and students. Every decision teachers make about their educational practice is colored by the moral and cultural environment in which they teach. Not only are contemporary classrooms infused with moral, cultural, and personal values, but contemporary life is rife with moral hazards that urge us to prepare the youth appropriately for their particular challenges. In this introductory chapter, we discuss some of these hazards and outline how the present volume provides various theoretical and conceptual resources for addressing them. In addition, we give an overview of the other important topics discussed in this volume. These topics include neo-Aristotelian, postclassical, neo-Kantian, and care-based ethics and their role in reconceiving the aims and methods of moral education, as well as new perspectives on moral education that have grown out of the capability approach to democratic justice and recognition theory.

Moral Education in the 21st Century
  • Edited by Douglas W. Yacek, Mark E. Jonas, Kevin H. Gary
  • Published online:
    01 June 2023
    Print publication:
    15 June 2023
  • Moral education is an enduring concern for societies committed to the value of justice and the wellbeing of children. What kind of moral guidance do young people need to navigate the social world today? Which theories, perspectives, values, and ideals are best suited for the task? This volume offers educators insight into both the challenges and promises of moral education from a variety of ethical perspectives. It introduces and analyses several important developments in ethics and moral psychology and discusses how some key moral problems can be addressed in contemporary classrooms. In doing so, Moral Education in the 21st Century helps readers develop a deeper understanding of the complexities of helping young people grow into moral agents and ethical people. As such, researchers, students, and professionals in the fields of moral education, moral psychology, moral philosophy, ethics, educational theory, and philosophy of education will benefit from this volume.