Links With Your Coffee - Sunday
All of today's links are related to philosophical issues or the study of philosophy. There is no better preparation for life than a grounding in philosophical concepts and methods.
The Philosopher's Tookit 
DHS grad spreads philosophy to teens
Bio ethics, death, existentialism, dreams — they weren't regular topics for some D.C. high school students until a Danbury High School graduate introduced them.
David Backer, a senior at George Washington University, developed a philosophy seminar that he ran with 10 philosophy majors.
They chose topics and led discussions so the high school juniors and seniors could learn to think more broadly about ideas at a deeper level than what is typical in high school course work. Students went to the university weekly for the two-hour seminar.
Comments
I've always thought that the basis of morality may be hardwired into our brains as much as the result of any religious cultural conditioning... except for George Bush... he lacks the hardwires all togehter.
Ther was a recent article on neurologist finding "mirro glial cells" which seem to communicate between individuals in some as yet undetermined manner to create empathy. I don't recall all the details off the top of my head.
What surprises me is the fundamentalist who claim that teaching creationism is essential to validate the moral and ethical stance of their children. Which seems the height of absurdity that a creation myth could some how be used to derive a moral imperative for anything.
Posted by: Flint | June 26, 2005 9:37 PM | Reply to this comment