Moral education. Philosophical foundation and current draft ethical and pedagogical ideas of Emile Durkheim

The key issue addressed and developed in Durkheim's writings on moral education revolves around the difficulties of finding the best ways to achieve balance between personal autonomy of individuals, which is an indispensable element in modern societies, and mandatory-constricting rules of collective structure in which the moral force in these same societies. The importance of effectively solving this issue is clear from the moment that Durkheim makes us see the need to provide a moral foundation for social action of individuals. In this paper we propose to revisit the ideas of Durkheim, pondering its possible operation in the current situation.