Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
3-4:30pm
Lucille and Larry Ford Lecture Hall - Dauch 105You Can't Teach Ethics in School: Ancient Philosophy & Modern Education
A hallmark of liberty is not infringing on people's minds. A hallmark of bureaucracy is living by code. What each modern phenomenon shares is the loss of the inner world as a site of education -- the very world needed for ethics. Ancient philosophy knew better and so made school a thoroughly ethical experience. In this talk, I discuss the contradictions of teaching ethics in school today. Is ancient philosophy more reasonable?
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer
Beamer-Schneider Professor in Ethics
Department of Philosophy
Case Western Reserve University
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