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Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given up on the Meaning of Life » (New Edition)
Authors: Anthony T. Kronman
ISBN-13: 9780300143140, ISBN-10: 0300143141
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: September 2008
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Anthony T. Kronman
Anthony T. Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Since stepping down as Dean of the Law School in 2004, he has been teaching in the Directed Studies Program at Yale and devoting himself to the humanities.
Book Synopsis
A passionate call for our colleges and universities to prepare young people for lives of fulfillment not just successful careers
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
What Is Living For? 9
Secular Humanism 37
The Research Ideal 91
Political Correctness 137
Spirit in an Age of Science 205
Yale Directed Studies Program Readings, 2005-2006 261
Notes 267
Index 297
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Social & Political Aspects of Education Education - Philosophy & Social Aspects
Nonfiction Philosophy European & American Philosophy
Nonfiction Philosophy Major Branches of Philosophical Study
Nonfiction All Nonfiction Education - Social & Political Aspects
Philosophy European & American Philosophy American Philosophy
Philosophy Major Branches of Philosophical Study Education, Philosophy of
Social & Political Aspects of Education Education - Philosophy & Social AspectsNonfiction
Philosophy European & American PhilosophyNonfiction
Philosophy Major Branches of Philosophical StudyNonfiction
All Nonfiction Education - Social & Political AspectsPhilosophy
European & American Philosophy American PhilosophyPhilosophy
Major Branches of Philosophical Study Education, Philosophy of