Title
Moral education as intercultural moral education
Date Issued
02 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Routledge
Abstract
In a diverse country such as Peru, moral education should reflect social, cultural, political and spiritual dilemmas of both indigenous and non-indigenous peoples and their communities. To promote understanding and respect amongst people from different sociocultural backgrounds, moral education should encourage a dialogue between indigenous values and mainstream hegemonic values. In this article, we argue for the need to conceptualise moral education as intercultural. Against a common view that portraits indigenous people as incommensurable, that is, as trapped in their own radically different moral perspective, our own research in Shipibo-Konibo and Asháninka communities show that indigenous people display a moral point of view when analysing cultural traditions and practices. This moral point of view appears intertwined with their cultural values and ethnic identities and allows intercultural dialogue. In this vein, we argue for the need to incorporate intercultural moral conflicts and dilemmas into moral education to promote understanding and respect for others.
Start page
18
End page
39
Volume
29
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ética
Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Temas sociales
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85041322822
Source
Intercultural Education
ISSN of the container
14675986
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus