John Wilson

John Boyd Wilson (6 October 1928 - 29 August 2003) was a British philosopher of education and a pioneer of modern moral education in western Europe. Wilson also promoted the relevance of conceptual analysis as a useful tool for people in general (see book Thinking with Concepts).

Books Public Schools and Private Practice (George Allen & Unwin, 1962) Logic and Sexual Morality (Penguin, 1965) Equality (Hutchinson, 1966) Introduction to Moral Education, with two more authors (Penguin Books, 1969) Thinking with Concepts (Cambridge University Press, 1970) Education in Religion and the Emotions (Heinemann, 1971) Philosophy and Religion: The Logic of Religious Belief (Greenwood Pub Group, 1979) Fantasy and Common Sense in Education (Martin Robertson, 1979) Discipline And Moral Education: A survey of public opinion and understanding (NFER-Nelson, 1981) Moral Education and the Curriculum (Pergamon Press, 1969) Moral Thinking Practical Methods of Moral Education Values and Moral Development in Higher Education (Croom Helm, 1974) Preface to the philosophy of education (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979) Reason and Morals (Cambridge University Press, 1969) What Philosophy Can Do (Palgrave Macmillan, 1986)