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Professors Ferree and Vaughn have given us a very clear and accurate account of Russell’s approach to moral education in early childhood. I agree with them, and with Russell, that genuine moral education involves the intentional fostering of desirable habits; that parents and teachers should attempt to educate character and promote the virtues in the young; and that such education is not, and should not strive to be, morally neutral.
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Suter, R. (1982). Comment: Response to “Bertrand Russell’s Approach to Moral Education in Early Childhood”. In: Cafagna, A.C., Peterson, R.T., Staudenbaur, C.A. (eds) Philosophy, Children, and the Family. Child Nurturance, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3473-6_32
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