Alistair Miller

A New Vision of Liberal Education

The Good of the Unexamined Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Most philosophers of education believe that the main aim of education is to endow students with personal autonomy, producing citizens who are reflective, make rational choices, and submit their values and beliefs to critical scrutiny. This book argues that an ordinary 'unexamined' life is also worth living. Each chapter brings together philosophical and historical perspectives to reconceptualise the idea of an education which is both liberal and formative in spirit, and to stimulate change in the world of education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781138923591
• ISBN-10: 1138923591
• Artikelnr.: 42742965

Autorenporträt

Alistair Miller recently completed his doctorate in Philosophy of Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. His academic research interests include the history and philosophy of liberal education, positive psychology, moral philosophy and philosophy of mind, and he has contributed to a number of books and journals on these topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: The Justified Aims of Education Enlightenment
Rationality: The problem of integrating reason and desire. Aristotelian
Ethics: The role of habituation and phronesis in moral development. The
Rationality of Traditions. The Nature of the Good Life and the Virtues
Needed to Sustain It Part 2: A Liberal Education for All Two Traditions of
Liberal Education. The Research Ideal: A justification of specialist study.
The Rhetorical Ideal: A justification of rhetoric and the humanities.
Character Education. Conclusion.