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Respect for persons and for cultures as a basis for national and global citizenship

Haydon, Graham (2006) Respect for persons and for cultures as a basis for national and global citizenship. Journal of Moral Education, 35 (4). pp. 457-471. ISSN Print: 0305-7240 Online: 1465-3877

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057240601012253

Abstract

After distinguishing several ways in which the notion of the moral roots of citizenship and citizenship education can be understood, this paper focuses on the question ‘Is there some underlying attitude that citizens should have towards their fellow citizens?’. It argues for respect, rather than love or care, as being the appropriate attitude, in part on the grounds that the emphasis on respect helps to make moral sense of the notion of global citizenship. The rest of the paper argues that while understanding a person’s cultural background is necessary to respecting the person, there are two further connections between respect and culture. First, respect itself is in part a cultural phenomenon. Secondly, there is a case for saying that persons should respect, not only other persons, but cultures as such. It is argued that this case is flawed in its presupposition that distinct cultures can be identified. What is needed, rather, is respect for human cultural contexts in all their diversity.

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Additional Information: This is an electronic version of an article published in Haydon, Graham (2006) Respect for persons and for cultures as a basis for national and global citizenship. Journal of Moral Education, 35 (4). pp. 457-471. Journal of Moral Education is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/03057240601012253
Subjects: Departments > Education Foundations and Policy Studies
Depositing User: IOE Repository Editor (2)
Date Deposited: 14 May 2010 12:17
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2012 22:34
URI: http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/4555

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