過去有關生命教育的論述似乎都過於重視「個人」而忽略「社會」。本文則企圖從當代風險社會的角度出發，分析生命教育中，「個人」與「社會」彼此相互影響的複雜關係。主要的論述分為以下三大點。第一、先說明風險社會的一些核心特徵；第二、根據這些特徵來分析生命教育在風險社會中的重要角色；第三、對生命教育課程提出兩點建議。一方面是希望生命教育課程能對「社會對個人生命的影響」有較多的關注，避免淪為個人化的論述；一方面則期待生命教育課程可以建立起更積極與正面的角色，成為促進生活政治和社會轉型的一股力量。

Previous discourses on life education seemed to pay too much attention to “individuals”,but not to “society”. However, in this paper, I will argue that there is a complex relationship between individuals and society in the risk society. And this has lots implications for life education. There are mainly three parts of work in this paper. First, some of the features of risk society will be explained. Second, from these features, life education seems critical in the risk society. Third, two suggestions on the curricula of the risk society are proposed. First suggestion is that we should avoid the individualized discourses in life education and try to connect the individuals with society. Second suggestion is that life education should play a more active role on social transformation.