Liberal Christianity

obtained a college education. He points out that by the time students finishes eighth grade, they should already have learned all the “core knowledge” they need to know (236). By the time they get to high school, students should be focusing more on the liberal aspect of education by taking courses in the “humanities, social sciences, and sciences” where they are “taught at a level below the demand…

education system is changing, if we continue doing nothing about the lack of wanting to be challenged and motivated towards school, there will be a negative change. In the book, From Inquiry to Academic Writing, pages 389-403, Mark Edmundson says that liberal education is very important and necessary for students to learn. It’s a way to prepare us…

democracy” Fareed Zakaria used a term “illiberal democracy” in the journal “Foreign Affairs” in 1997. In the article he discussed the level of liberties and freedom in the countries that are democracies officially. He divided them into two polar groups: liberal democracies and illiberal democracies. He also gave the description for each of the groups and the reasons why he determined this or that country into a particular group. Let’s try to figure out what is the phenomenon which was defined…

Tocqueville: Final Exam In Tocqueville’s Democracy in America he is hopeful because of the similarities and sameness that American democracy and French democracy shared and continue to share. Democracy is a pivotal part to America and the way of life American’s are accustomed to. From the founding fathers to the first colonies of New England democracy has always been a part of it. A country without full democracy cannot survive, looking at slavery when African Americans were no longer allowed…

The first source is a political cartoon dealing with the viability and success of modern liberal western democracy. The cartoon presents the perspective that such a democracy is ineffective and is crippled largely by apathy. In a democracy, good government is a dependent on good citizenship — which means citizens who will make informed decisions and participate in democratic processes. The cartoon suggests that American citizens cannot even be bothered to vote one of their most basic…

In reality, achieving the common good in a representative democracy that is so diverse will not prosper; there will always be a subculture part of society that will disagree. We believe that although politicians do whatever they can in the public’s best interest, achieving the common good is not a realistic goal that many can achieve. It is not an idealistic goal for a diverse society to achieve the common good, because social issues such as human behaviour, government policies, religious…

Liberal arts is a worldwide education that offers a strong base of knowledge in several su-bjects. Liberal arts can observe the capabilities as well as the limitations of each field of study. Liberal arts lets students find connections between different fields of studies that interest them, and fields to discover new theories. Liberal arts also allows students to discover areas of interest and to make new ones by joining different subjects. This education provides students with a broad area of…

Sanford Ungar argues the importance that a liberal arts degree holds today in America to those who are skeptic in his article, “The New Liberal Arts.” There are several points Ungar disproves. Ungar states that the job market was tough to crack into among all majors. Liberal arts have nothing to do with politics and can’t be related to democratic ideology according to Ungar. Several institutions that provide secondary education have liberal arts degrees which gives several opportunities for…

The world largest furniture retailer Ikea is also well known for selling food, with Swedish meatballs being their signature dish. But recent studies have shown that some of these meatballs are not only made with the beef they advertise, but with hidden amounts of horsemeat. CBC’s news article explains the recent horsemeat scandal that Ikea is involved in. Ikea says that no Canadian stores were affected but as of now large traces of horsemeat was found in 13 stores across the continent. “The…

Eighty percent of employers think every student should acquire broad knowledge in the liberal arts (Power of Liberal Arts, 2013). Students in today’s society are formed to a “one-size-fits-all” learning system. With this system present in schools, students are slowly, but surely, becoming deprived of an open-minded, creative train of thought. The lack of arts programs in schools has led to an overall decrease in performance and quality intellectual thinking, while also placing art students at a…