ABSTRACT

When opposing injustice, the failure to recognise wrong or translate knowledge into action are two problems with which moral education has to contend. The notion of ‘social restitution’ can be a helpful concept in addressing these challenges because it locates restitution at the level of interpersonal and communal moral responsibility. This is important because restitution is often seen almost exclusively as a government or institutional endeavour. This paper describes a study conducted amongst 72 students from four African universities in Sierra Leone, South Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon that includes dialogues and a self-location activity whose aim was to cultivate moral awareness of injustice. This process of self-location also provided a helpful basis for action based on everyday acts of social restitution.

摘要

在反对不公正时，未能识别错误或将知识转化为行动是道德教育必须解决的两个问题。“社会恢复原状”的概念可以成为解决这些挑战的有用概念，因为它将恢复原状置于人际和社区道德责任的层面。这一点很重要，因为恢复原状通常几乎完全被视为政府或机构的努力。本文介绍了一项针对塞拉利昂、南非、尼日利亚和喀麦隆四所非洲大学的 72 名学生进行的研究，其中包括对话和旨在培养对不公正的道德意识的自我定位活动。这种自我定位的过程也为基于日常社会恢复行为的行动提供了有益的基础。