ABSTRACT This article explores the role of educators in our current environment, where truth and truthfulness must fight their corner in a world of ‘alternative facts’. The article opens with a review of the effects of the 24/7 news cycle on our sense of the overall well-being of the world, then discusses the meaning of moral identity and questions whether this is something which can be taught, and moves to a consideration of the role of moral mentors. The paper concludes by arguing that the key challenge for moral education in the years ahead is that of critically training our students to see what is before them, to engage fully with their hearts and minds, and to be sensitive to what is absent – the interplay between presence and absence being the key to the creative functioning of the imagination.

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替代事实世界中的叙事和真相：教育的道德挑战

摘要 本文探讨了教育工作者在我们当前环境中的作用，在这个环境中，真相和真实性必须在“替代事实”的世界中挣扎。文章首先回顾了 24/7 新闻周期对我们对世界整体幸福感的影响，然后讨论了道德认同的含义，并质疑这是否可以教授，然后转向对道德导师作用的考虑。该论文的结论是，未来几年德育的主要挑战是批判性地训练我们的学生看到他们面前的事物，充分参与他们的内心和思想，并对缺席的事物保持敏感——相互作用在场与不在场之间是想象力发挥创造性功能的关键。