Abstract

This paper discusses the views of philosophers and other contemporary scholars on moral philosophy and their contributions to moral education. Also, in this paper the researchers intend to review the conception of moral education based on schools of philosophical thought which include idealism, realism, pragmatism and existentialism as each of these schools of philosophy has its own perception of what moral education stands for and through their ethical views each of these schools suggests one or more approach which might quite differ from the perception of the other schools of philosophy. In each of these schools of philosophical thought the researcher decides to take the view of one or more exponent of each school of philosophy and carefully study their views on epistemology, metaphysics and ethics so as to exposé how they viewed moral education in general and moral education in particular with the hope that the approach suggested for teaching moral education would be brought out. This will in turn throw light on which approach out of the approaches suggested by philosophers of different schools of philosophies will be suitable for teaching moral education in Nigerian schools.