Obrazovanje nakon moralnog pada: kontekstualna odbrana perfekcionizma
Education After A Moral Fall: In Defense Of The Context-Specific Perfectionism

Summary/Abstract: The presentation will focus on the question of the right educational policies after the mass atrocities committed in the name of the nation. The point of departure is the assumption that in the transition from the criminal re-gime to democracy the state is duty-bound to pursue the politics of truth. Applied to the field of education, the assumption reads that students should be taught the truth about recent crimes; this truth should be presented as the binding distinction between right and wrong. The core educational message would be simple: the crimes were wrong and no interpretation aimed at their justifi-cation should ever be allowed. Such a perfectionist value orientation, however, seems to be at odds with the basic liberal tenets of individual autonomy, moral pluralism, and the state neutrality. Still, it will be argued that the context-specific liberal perfectionism is both possible and necessary.

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