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)

External links

Interview with John Wilson
in 1977 at

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1928 births 2003 deaths Philosophers of education 20th-century British philosophers {{UK-academic-bio-stub