Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion - In Celebration of Tim Jensen’s 65th Birthday - Peter Antes
22. Teaching the Secular Moral Code in French State Schools: The Debate Between Providing an Upbringing and Providing an Education From the French Revolution to Our Time
Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion - In Celebration of Tim Jensen’s 65th Birthday - Peter Antes
Valentine Zuber
Sorbonne
Description
Since the French Revolution, every French government has wanted to structure a state system of school that instructs pupils and educates citizens. In this paper I discuss how the debate between providing an upbringing and providing an education still continues. The debate ranges from Republican catechism to education in civics, and from teaching a secular moral code to the secular teaching of a moral education