Ethical-civic development in Service-Learning: an analysis from the philosophy of education through the communitarian thinking of Amitai Etzioni

Abstract

The growth of research and practice on Service-Learning has not been sufficiently wedded to a development of its theoretical foundations and the study of its contributions to ethical-civic education and the links of the school and the community. This study proposes an analysis of the contributions that Amitai Etzioni's communitarianism can make to the justification of this educational methodology in the current context and, more specifically, against the ultra-individualistic, utilitarian and mercantilist tendencies that blur the idea of community, starting from a moral dialogue, mutualism, social justice and community empowerment.