This handbook introduces Human Nature and Conduct, John Dewey's groundbreaking book about moral psychology and moral philosophy, to a new generation. In his classic work, Dewey redefined impulse, habit, and intelligence: not as isolated individual traits, but as socially conditioned factors shaping human thought and action. His ultimate insight is that growth is the only moral good, and that morality is, at its core, a matter of education. Featuring contributions by leading international scholars, this volume presents expert insights into Dewey's unique psychological framework and its far-reaching impact on moral philosophy and education. The book also tackles contemporary moral dilemmas, from environmental protection and healthcare rationing to sexual liberation and religious transformation, demonstrating how Dewey's thought remains as vital today as ever.
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'This handbook takes on an important task by gathering the reflections of top Dewey scholars on different themes, concepts, arguments, and insights found in Human Nature and Conduct. It is indispensable reading for students and scholars of pragmatism as well as those interested in the relevance of Dewey's social psychology for education, ethics, and democracy.' Gregory Fernando Pappas, Texas A&M University 'In this stellar collection of 28 critical essays, John Dewey's social psychology is offered as antidote to the poisons of social nihilism, isolationism, marginalization of minorities, and assaults democracy and education disseminated by the forces of authoritarianism. These essays will open new vistas for students, teachers, and general readers.' Larry A. Hickman, former Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale 'By attending to ethical theory, education, and the contemporary situation as focal points of entry, and by curating a cross-cutting array of entries by knowledgeable, respected, and internationally-situated authors, Waks and English offer a text that meets the need and interest of scholars and practitioners no matter what draws them to this important Deweyan work.' Barbara S. Stengel, President of the John Dewey Society 'Through careful philosophical examination and contemporary examples, this collection demonstrates the continued relevance of Dewey's ethics and social psychology. Notably, it draws attention to Dewey's focus on habits, showing how the seemingly dull and routine can have a significant, even revolutionary, impact on learning, imagination, deliberation, and the world.' Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
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Rediscover Human Nature and Conduct 100 years on with a fresh examination of Dewey's lasting impact on ethics and education.
Foreword Elizabeth Anderson; Acknowledgements; Note on citations of
Dewey's work; Introduction Leonard J. Waks and Andrea R. English; Part I.
Ethical Theory: Introduction Dewey's moral psychology and ethics Leonard J.
Waks; Section I: Dewey and ethical theory;
1. Dewey's Aristotelian moral
psychology: habit and prudence Gregory Fahy;
2. Human nature, norms, and
conduct Jennifer Welchman;
3. Dewey's pluralistic imagination Steven Fesmire;
4. Dewey's argument against foundationalism in ethics Todd Lekan; Section II:
Main concepts in human nature and conduct;
5. Impulse, sublimation and
scientific morality Daniel Herbert;
6. Dewey and Freud: impulses and their
alterability Vincent M. Colapietro;
7. Deliberation as drama and discovery
Diana B. Heney;
8. Good character Cedric Braun;
9. Growth and the good
Leonard J. Waks; Part II. Education: Introduction Education in a changing
world Andrea R. English; Section I: Education, habit and growth;
10. Learning
the habit of learning: education, uncertainty and the growth of society
Andrea R. English;
11. Morals is education: foundational moral educational
ideas in human nature and conduct Merete Wiberg;
12. Intelligence, education
and the power of habits Maura Striano;
13. Moral education as growth Leonard
Waks;
14. Teaching as a revolutionary habit Ninni Wahlström;
15. Dewey's
evolutionary concept of change as educational growth Aline Nardo;
16. Endless
growth? Rereading human nature and conduct in the age of Jiko-Kaihatsu Naoko
Saito; Section II: Education, crisis and possible futures;
17. Cyber
education: a Deweyan foundation for security mindset Jane Blanken-Webb, Holly
Hanna and Amy Kuiken;
18. The moral potentialities of science education in
the atomic age Shegeki Izawa;
19. Habits and the education of teachers in
challenging times Ruth Heilbronn;
20. Educating in a world on fire: Deweyan
problem-solving and the role of higher education Joshua Forstenzer;
21.
Changing human nature: gesturing toward the decolonial human Lee A. McBride
III; Part III. Contemporary Issues and Applications: Introduction Applied
ethics and religious reconstruction Leonard J. Waks;
22. Thinking with and in
nature: a Deweyan approach to environmental and animal ethics Erin McKenna
and Tess Varner;
23. Dewey and dying well Kimberly Garchar;
24. Dewey's
pragmatist ethics and healthcare allocation in sub-Saharan Africa Belayneh
Taye;
25. Unleashing the imagination of the creative entrepreneur: a Deweyan
interpretation John F. McVea;
26. Human nature and sexual conduct Bethany
Henning;
27. Moral knowledge and ordinary activity in Dewey and Daoism Jim
Behuniak;
28. Religion, habit, and custom: re-imagining Dewey for the 21st
century Christopher D. Tirres; Index.
Leonard J. Waks is Distinguished Professor of Educational Studies at Qufu Normal University, China, and Professor Emeritus at Temple University, USA. He is author of Education 2.0 (Routledge, 2014) and The Evolution and Evaluation of Massive Online Courses (Palgrave, 2016), editor of Listening to Teach (State University of New York Press, 2015) and co-editor of John Dewey's Democracy and Education: A Centennial Handbook (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He is the past president of the John Dewey Society and has been awarded the Society's Lifetime Achievement Award. Andrea R. English is Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Edinburgh. She is author of Discontinuity in Learning: Dewey, Herbart and Education as Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 2013), editor of A History of Western Philosophy of Education: The Modern Era (2021), and co-editor of John Dewey's Democracy and Education: A Centennial Handbook (Cambridge, 2017), which received the Outstanding Book Award by the Society for Professors of Education. She is President of the John Dewey Society.
