Pedagogy of care: Compassion as self-transcendence—The Kohlberg memorial lecture of 2025
Journal of Moral Education March 25, 2026 Anne Birgitta Pessi
This article develops the concept of a pedagogy of care by exploring the multifaceted dimensions of compassion. Compassion is first situated both in its role for human meaningfulness and in its evolutionary roots. It is then examined as a four-stage process of noticing, feeling, acting and sense-making, and in relation to the broader concept of care. The discussion extends compassion to...