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Does Education Need to Have a Highest Good?

July 19, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

While mowing the grass on Sunday, here's the question that was put to me through my headphones: Is it possible to really have education —and hence to nourish imaginations —if schools refuse to define some highest good that is ordering educational life, some higher good that is transcendent or spiritual in some way? Maybe this isn't the typical issue that comes up during your yardwork, but it's not uncommon for me. I was listening to the current issue of Mars Hill Audio, specifically Ken Myers' interview with Anthony … [Read more...] about Does Education Need to Have a Highest Good?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: anthony esolen, anthony kronman, education, imagination, ken myers, mars hill audio

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