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Proximity and Distance: Moral Education and Mass Communication
Author(s) -
Stables Andrew
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.00104
Subject(s) - sociology , moral education , media studies , distance education , moral philosophy , mass media , social science , pedagogy , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law
The renewed interest in moral education in Britain has taken only limited cognisance of contemporary social conditions, particularly regarding mass communications and the revolution in information technology. These have had the effect of reducing distance to proximity and have left individuals with choices in areas where no choice formerly existed. It can, however, be argued that moral issues have always been concerned with choices concerning proximity and distance. Thus the proximity/distance polarity serves as a useful conceptual framework for many aspects of moral education in schools, though one which is problematised by both poststructuralist thinking and developments in mass communication.