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Virtue versus vague values

15 December 2018

9:00 AM

15 December 2018

9:00 AM

Which is preferable: values or virtues? The question might appear overly academic and of little relevance but how it is answered has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on Australia’s education system and our way of life.

One approach is best illustrated by a flier titled Values for Australian Schooling that was circulated to all schools when John Howard was prime minister.

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