摘要：The following questions a re addressed in this concept paper: (a) What kind of citizenship education, if any, should schools in liberal societies promote. and (b) What ends is such education supposed to serve. A transformation agenda of an emerging democra tic society such as South Africa should be informed by an educa tion system that fosters democratic ideals. Schools are primarily instituted with the central goa l of producing educated persons in general and persons who are as knowledgeable as they are reasonable in pa rticular. But can we educate for reasona bleness without educating for thinking. We pr esent in this paper a the oretica l-philosophical exposé of Philosophy for Children by attempting to a dvance a convincing interpretation of rea sonableness in the context of South Africa. We argue a case for doing philosophy w ith children a s this promote s the virtues of striving for objectivity, a ccepting fallibility, judiciousness a nd maintaining a pragmatic a ttitude which are critical for a reasona ble person.
关键词：Philosophy for Childr en. Rea sonableness. Citizenship. South Africa
