Education's end : why our colleges and universities have given up on the meaning of life /

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The question of what living is for - of what one should care about and why - is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and universities have expelled this question from their classrooms, judging it unfit for organized study. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kronman, Anthony T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Humanities > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Life.
Meaning (Philosophy) > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Humanities > Philosophy.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Humanities > Philosophy
Humanities > Study and teaching (Higher)
Life
Hochschulbildung
Lebensphilosophie
Lebenssinn
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Humaniora > studier och undervisning > högskolan.
Humaniora > forskning.
Mening (filosofi) > studier och undervisning > högskolan.
United States
USA
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; 1. What Is Living For? ; 2. Secular Humanism ; 3. The Research Ideal ; 4. Political Correctness ; 5. Spirit in an Age of Science ; Appendix: Yale Directed Studies Program Readings, 2005-2006 ; Notes ; Index.

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