John Boyd Wilson (6 October 1928 - 29 August 2003) was a British philosopher of education and a pioneer of modern moral education in western Europe.[1][2] Wilson also promoted the relevance of conceptual analysis as a useful tool for people in general (see book Thinking with Concepts).
Books
edit- Public Schools and Private Practice (George Allen & Unwin, 1962)
- Logic and Sexual Morality (Penguin, 1965)
- Equality (Hutchinson, 1966)
- Introduction to Moral Education, with two more authors (Penguin Books, 1969)
- Thinking with Concepts (Cambridge University Press, 1970)
- Education in Religion and the Emotions (Heinemann, 1971)
- Philosophy and Religion: The Logic of Religious Belief (Greenwood Pub Group, 1979)
- Fantasy and Common Sense in Education (Martin Robertson, 1979)
- Discipline And Moral Education: A survey of public opinion and understanding (NFER-Nelson, 1981)
- Moral Education and the Curriculum (Pergamon Press, 1969)
- Moral Thinking
- Practical Methods of Moral Education
- Values and Moral Development in Higher Education (Croom Helm, 1974)
- Preface to the philosophy of education (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979)
- Reason and Morals (Cambridge University Press, 1969)
- What Philosophy Can Do (Palgrave Macmillan, 1986)
References
edit- ^ "OBITUARY: John Boyd Wilson (1928–2003)". Journal of Moral Education. 33 (3): 389–393. September 2004. doi:10.1080/0305724042000272877. ISSN 0305-7240.
- ^ Harrison, John L. (October 1977). "Review Article: John Wilson as moral educator". Journal of Moral Education. 7 (1): 50–63. doi:10.1080/0305724770070106. ISSN 0305-7240.
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