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Multicultural Education and Feminist Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Marilyn Friedman
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Abstract

Feminist ethics supports the contemporary educational trend toward increased multiculturalism and a diminished emphasis on the Western canon. First, I outline a feminist ethical justification for this development. Second, I argue that Western canon studies should not be altogether abandoned in a multicultural curriculum. Third, I suggest that multicultural education should help combat oppression in addition to simply promoting awareness of diversity. Fourth, I caution against an arrogant moralism in the teaching of multiculturalism.

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Special Issue, Part II
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Hypatia , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , Spring 1995, pp. 56 - 68
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Copyright © 1995 by Hypatia, Inc.

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