Moral education East and West: a comparison of philosophical underpinnings of ideas about childrearing in the West and in Confucianism.

From: East-West Connections | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Arjo, Dennis | Copyright information

Biologists often remark on the helplessness of human infants, and the extensive period of care and socialization they must undergo as they grow and mature. So it is that human parents find themselves charged with the long-term task of caring for and rearing their children, and social groups more broadly with the task of bringing their younger members fully into the fold. These endeavors require some degree of deliberateness, as it is difficult, and rather contrary to human tendenci...

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