What does it mean to live “the good life”? This is the quintessential philosophic question. Pragmatism, as a distinctly American philosophy, seeks to provide a …
RT Week of June 22: Blaine Ammendments
(I got nudged this week by theroades. I appreciate that and now reciprocate; back at you man!) It’s summer, I’m not taking any classes and …
Religious Plurality and The Secularization Thesis
The New Humanist has a great interview with Economist journalists John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, authors of a new book: God Is Back: How the …
Happy Anniversery
Yesterday, Sunday, March 24 was my 12th anniversary. I spent a great day with my bride. We walked about Old Salem after eating at the …
The Implication of a Spiritual Diversity for Educators
What goal is not realistic for the Educator? Can he or she hope to pass on all he or she has learned concerning a certain …
The Teacher’s Moral and Spiritual Responsibility
How can the educator act responsibly toward the student? How can the Teacher and the Student both be true moral agents? It has been my …
Love is Recognizing Otherness
The Four authors encountered in class, Capoto, Vollman, Bauman and Appiah, all demonstrated an awareness that one has responsibility for the Other, and that this …
Cosmopolitanism’s Affirmation of Diversity
My Spring 2009 Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of Education course Final paper submission (limited to 10 pages). I attempt to synthesis Appiah with Caputo, Vollman …
City Journal on Freire
Sol Stern at City Journal fingers Paulo Freire as the source of much of what ails today’s teacher education: Pedagogy of the Oppressor. Is education …
Neighborliness
In a discussion group today, a classmate gave a presentation on his research subject: the Educational Philosophy of Fred Rogers. Yes. Fred Rodgers of Mister …