Mommy dearest is on the same wavelength as headmistress Beulah Bondi: it's not a matter of behavior but appearance and this school teaches nothing but surface appearances and attitude, from
empty social rituals to appalling displays of class arrogance.
The quest for inclusiveness in moral education can be pursued only by
emptying lived morality of its particularity — those «thick» normative meanings whose seriousness and authority are embedded within the
social organization of distinct communities and the collective
rituals and narratives that give them continuity over time.