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Education's end : why our colleges and universities have given up on the meaning of life /
By: Kronman, Anthony T.
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2008Description: xi, 308 p. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300143140 (pbk.); 9780300122886:.Subject(s): Metaphysics
| Education, Higher | Philosophy | Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States | Life | Meaning (Philosophy) -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States | Humanities -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 113.8
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Summary: Kronman contrasts an earlier era in American education, when the question of the meaning of life was at the centre of instruction, with our own times, when this question has been largely abandoned by college and university teachers.
1. What is living for? -- 2. Secular humanism -- 3. The research ideal -- 4. Political correctness -- 5. Spirit in an age of science.
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1. What is living for? -- 2. Secular humanism -- 3. The research ideal -- 4. Political correctness -- 5. Spirit in an age of science.
Kronman contrasts an earlier era in American education, when the question of the meaning of life was at the centre of instruction, with our own times, when this question has been largely abandoned by college and university teachers.