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Dr William S.F. Pickering was for twenty years a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is currently the General Secretary of the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, which he helped to found in 1991. It is based in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University. He has written and edited a number of books on Durkheim and his followers including 'Durkheim on Religion', 'Durkheim's Sociology of Religion' and 'Anglo-Catholicism: A Study in Religious Ambiguity', republished by James Clarke and Co. He was ordained for the Church of England in 1950 and has been an Anglican priest since 1951.

• AcknowledgmentsThe translationsNotation and bibliographiesAbbreviationsPrefacePart I: MoralsIntroduction by W.S.F. Pickering1. 1904a(5) Review 'Lévy-Bruhl, La Morale et la science des moeurs'2. 1905b Contribution to 'Morality without God: an attempt to find a collectivist solution'3. 1906a(11) Review 'Albert Bayet, La Morale scientifique: essai sur les applicationsmorales des sciences sociologiques'4. 1907a(10) Review 'Westermarck, The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, vol. I'5. 1908a(2) A discussion on positive morality: the issue of rationality in ethics6. 1910b A discussion on the notion of social equality7. 1920a 'Introduction to ethics'Part II: EducationIntroduction by W.S.F. Pickering8. 1904a(40) and (41) Review 'Durkheim, "Pédagogie et sociologie" and Paul Barth,"Die Geschichte der Erziehung in soziologischer Beleuchtung"'9. 1909a(2) A discussion on the effectiveness of moral doctrines10. 1911a A discussion on sex education11. 1911c(2) 'Childhood'12. 1912b A discussion on the boarding school and the New School13. 1916c 'The moral greatness of France and the school of the future'14. 1919a 'Rousseau on educational theory'BibliographyMoralsEducationName IndexSubject Index

"... The substantial introductions and notes by the editor William Pickering bring an indispensable amount of contextualization and precision... Sociologists and completists in the history of sociology will find here many obscure textes which are not without merit." Yves Laberge, Reviews in Religion & Theology, Volume 21, issue 4, 2014"W.S.F. Pickering has made available to the English speaking-world Emile Durkheim's works in Morals and Education...The structure of Pickering's book is of great value for research on Durkheim ad well as moral philosophy and philosophy of education."David Bellusci, O.P., Science et Esprit, vol 66, issue 3, (2014)Essays on Morals and Education consists mostly of various articles written about one century ago by Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) and cleverly selected by W S F Pickering. Therefore, this is a book of vintage writings by Émile Durkheim, including 14 obscure articles, speeches, drafts, and book reviews first published in France in early 20th Century.Yves Laberge, Theological Book Review, volume 26, no 1, 2014W.S.F. Pickering has made available to the English speaking-world Émile Durkheim's works in Morals and Education. As the title indicates, this book is not about Durkheim, but rather, Pickering brings together original texts translated by H. L. Sutcliffe. The structure of Pickering's book is of great value for research on Durkheim as well as moral philosophy and philosophy of education.[...]Pickering's edition is a valuable work in Durkheim scholarship because of the material that Pickering puts together in the two parts of the book, Education and Morals. The selected essays provide a broad perspective on Durkheim's thought.David Bellusci O.P., Science et Esprit 66/2, 2014