Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Online published on 11 September, 2014.
An appropriate mode of value education in contemporary knowledge system is of immense importance. However, many misperceptions about appropriateness of value education do exist. That value education should or must include some objective values once and for all, that value education is only a sham since values are relative to religion, society, culture and even subjective whims. Therefore, a conceptual scrutiny of value theories seems significant to offer a solid foundation for value education. With the ever expansion of knowledge system, value education faces divergent new values to be incorporated within its fold. Knowledge by the process of its development restructures itself. In the process, it discards the inadequate values with fresh, more compatible and pragmatic values. Are we ready with our doors and windows open to grab them?
Objectivism, Relativism, Contextualism, Deontology, Consequentialism