Within it there does seem to be a dislike of politics and a tendency to see great danger in plurality and difference. Moral conflict is often viewed as threatening the ability to establish community. Moral disagreement will persist the key is whether we can learn to respect and engage with each other s ideas, behaviours and beliefs. He looks beyond the political communitarianism of Etzioni and others, to the concerns of Taylor, Sandel and other social theorists, He suggests that the core ideas in the communitarian agenda can be reduced to ten basic themes - all of which have policy implications for schools. The family should be the primary moral educator of children.
Character education includes the systematic teaching of virtues in schools.
The ethos of the community has an educative function in school life. Schools should promote the rights and responsibilities inherent within citizenship. Community service is an important part of a child's education in school. A major purpose of the school curriculum is to teach social and political life-skills. Schools should provide an active understanding of the common good.