Maria Montessori's Moral Philosophy

FAIN: FEL-273130-21

Patrick Frierson
Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA 99362-2067)

Research and writing leading to publication of a book on the moral philosophy of physician and educator Maria Montessori (1870-1952).

For this project, I will write a monograph on Maria Montessori's moral philosophy.

Associated Products

1. “Discipline and the Cultivation of Autonomy in Immanuel Kant and Maria Montessori,” (Article)
Title: 1. “Discipline and the Cultivation of Autonomy in Immanuel Kant and Maria Montessori,”
Author: Frierson, Patrick
Abstract: After showing discipline's centrality in Kant's pedagogy, I briefly highlight Montessori's alternative and then turn to three fundamental differences between Kant and Montessori that partly explain their divergent accounts. My goal is not to assess whether Kant or Montessori gets the role of discipline ‘right’, but to highlight broader stakes of their disagreement and ways deeper features of Kant's psychology and moral theory ground his emphasis on discipline.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9752.12599
Access Model: subscription
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Journal of the Philosophy of Education
Publisher: Journal of the Philosophy of Education

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