THOUGHTS ON DEWEY,JOHN ETHICAL PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING EDUCATION

In an early article considered here, John Dewey introduced many of the educational ideas that he was to develop more fully in later works. O ne of the most important is the claim that ''moral education'' refers to both the conduct of education (a form of education that is morally defensible) and the product of education (a moral citizenry). After an appreciative summary of the article, I raise some questions about the adequacy of Dewey's moral theory.