DISCUSSION (video material available only to the seminar participants)
COMMENTS
Chris
After having watched the recording of the meeting on the subject of education, I would like to emphasize that education is much more than what we learn at school, high school, and university. I must point out that there is a hidden curriculum inherent in the very fact of receiving education in any of these institutions, and it refers to ideas, manners, or ways of behaving that are learned almost unconsciously through conversations or personal contact with other classmates or with our teachers or professors. In other words, education is made up of all that information we receive throughout our lives, which we assimilate and make our own, both consciously and unconsciously.
What matters, in the end, is to be aware of all those people or pieces of information that have shaped our way of being, without which we would be different. Not only is self-knowledge important, but also self-education, which ultimately is what makes us who we truly are. Carlos Climent Durán
Chris, it’s been a joy being part of this project. Listening to your talks, I can’t help but be reminded of Alasdair MacIntyre’s virtue ethics. Stoic pragmatism, much like virtue ethics downplays the importance of moral calculus based on universal laws or greatest joy produced. Rather, it places an importance in building one’s inner resilience through virtuous practices that leads to real life results and hopefully better communities. Frank Lee
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