Most moralists, and certainly all those of a religious persuasion, think that pupils should be “taught values” at school, not mainly so that they can… - A. C. Grayling
" "Most moralists, and certainly all those of a religious persuasion, think that pupils should be “taught values” at school, not mainly so that they can apply them in thinking about the implications of science, history and other subjects, but to make them behave in ways that they (the moralists) find acceptable.
But the point of equipping people to think about ethics is not to impose some partisan set of principles upon them, but to develop their powers of reflection, and to inform them of possibilities and options so that they can think for themselves.
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Anthony Clifford Grayling (born 3 April 1949) is a British philosopher and author.
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