Abstract

GOUBET, Jean-François. Education for Democracy through Culture of Feelings. Martha C. Nussbaum and philosophy for children. child.philo [online]. 2014, vol.10, n.19, pp.87-108. ISSN 1984-5987.  https://doi.org/10.12957/childphilo.2014.10195.

In a recent work, Not for Profit, Martha C. Nussbaum stood for the Philosophy for Children (P4C) movement. In fact, this mention is not isolated, for many exchanges took place between Nussbaum and Matthew Lipman. I don’t focus on quotations from the one by the other but instead, starting from Nussbaum’s work, sketch her conception of educating for democracy. First of all, I remember her theory of capabilities and show furthermore the importance of emotions in a democracy. I treat then the culture of emotions in a democracy. Of course, education refers to adults too. Still, it concerns children more heavily. The instance of disgust helps in showing the importance of dealing with emotions since childhood, particularly at schools. Finally, I get a look on how, in a classroom, critical thinking may be improved using Nussbaum’s precepts. How can be paid more attention to the other in a community of inquiry? How is in P4C the thesis that emotions are judgments of value to be exploited? In conclusion, I try to deepen the link between Nussbaum and Gareth B. Matthews: the stress laid by the latter on the formative value of narratives might have driven her to bend herself more on the philosophical practice of the former.

Keywords : Martha C. Nussbaum; Matthew Lipman; Gareth B. Matthews; Emotions; Critical Thinking.

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