自由民主體制下的生命教育政策之制定   全文下載

The Making of Life Education Policy in a Liberal Democracy

教育部近年大力推動生命教育，其內容包括人生終極價值及意義等課題並援引宗教資源。宗教信仰雖可豐富生命教育，卻極可能使生命教育陷入一兩難困境。生命教育的內容及政策若偏頗於某一特定的宗教、信仰、價值體系則有違中立原則，若與之截然分割則不易提供關於人生終極價值及意義等課題的具體內容，而顯空泛。

In recent years the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan vigorously promotes “life education” as a major initiative. The proposed topics of life education include the ultimate value and meaning of human life and draw resources from religious contents. Even though contents on religious faiths may enrich life education， it is probable that the former can create a complex dilemma for the latter. If the contents and policy of life education are biased toward a certain religion， faith， or value system， the principle of neutrality and the commitment of a liberal democracy to fairness would be violated. However， if life education is detached from all religions， faiths， and value systems， it may become vague and devoid of content.