The main question of this article is the problem of the aims, content and ways of realisation in philosophical/moral education. The author begins with two points: firstly, the formation of philosophical and moral reflexion is one of the most important indicator of mature personality; secondly, school ought to undertake upbringing duties. Practical realisation of that kind of education can bring also some troubles and risks for the right development of a young man's personality. Those troubles can be noticed on the ideological (crisis of Western civilization: the “truth question”, scepticism) or didactic (subjects which are too difficult and too abstract, terminology unsuitable for young people) level. Proposition of “school philosophy” (ethics) contain the following postulates: 1) philosophy (ethics) ought be presented as selfless cognition and activity directed to the truth and to goodness; 2) youth ought to be aware that the proposition is only an introduction to philosophy, but „real philosophy” is still ahead of them; 3) education ought to be based rather on experience than on abstract knowledge; 4) all knowledge has to be verifiable. The last considered point is the question of the teacher’s engagement in teaching.
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