Meanings
nounpedocentrism (uncountable)
- uncountableThe practice of centering discussions on children, especially in education.
In other words, a value can become one's own only through choice. Pedocentrism of this type necessarily leads to moral subjectivism and relativism.
2018, Jan Hábl, Even When No One is Looking: Fundamental Questions of Ethical Education, Wipf and Stock, →ISBN
Origin
From pedo- (“child”) + -centrism.
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