Liberal Democrats

pursue an education as a means to get a “better” job and make more money. So I ask again, what is the meaning of life? According to Seneca, pursuing an education as an end to making money is unworthy. This can be seen in his letter entitled, On Liberal and Vocational Studies, where he explains, “I have no respect for any study whatsoever if its end is the making of money. Such studies to me are unworthy ones” [Seneca pg17] . Some…

The liberal arts are many things. The study of liberal arts encompasses the arts as suggested by the title, math, and certain science (such as astronomy). It is debated by some whether the study of liberal arts is a good idea or not. A student on the verge of graduating high school have the decision on what to study. Often, he is told to study for just a specific career path and not to worry so much about general studies or the liberal arts. Basically, he is told to follow a path of study that…

purposes for the individual, and the benefits to society, in mind, certain subjects should be taught to individuals in order to prepare them for reaching these goals after they graduate. Through the offering of professional development courses, a liberal arts education and omitting some unnecessary requirements (like physical education) to free up space for more beneficial courses, students would be benefitted and this purpose of higher education would be achieved.…

goes on to say that the citizens in a liberal democracy create their own lie and chose to live within it. While John Stuart Mill states that in a liberal democracy gives you the most access to live within the truth. Between the two arguments Havel’s appears the most true, because while a liberal democracy might give the most opportunities to live with the truth, it does not compel you to live within the truth as a post-totalitarian society does. In a liberal democracy there is a presence of…

because we should all strive to be better citizens and more productive members of society as to improve society as a whole for each and every one of us. Nicholaos Jones, a philosophy professor from the University of Alabama in Hunstville, argues in “Liberal Arts, and the Advantages of Being Useless" that the best way to make people better…

many situations or problems we are faced with. Liberal arts education also gives us a better view of the world around us as well as our specific area of interest. In society this type of education helps us to gain social responsibility. Being a Christian we want to do as God says and help others as He has helped us. So now we need to find the definite purpose of Christian liberal arts to our education. We are still learning all those aspects of liberal arts education, but as God would want us to…

Wells-Barnett’s quote, I thought Jamila Lyiscott’s spoken-word essay, “Broken English”, also demonstrated how their own version of liberal education embedded in them to survive in America because of our many languages. The languages are distinguished between our homes, talking with friends and speaking at school/work. Lyiscott says, “…when it comes to enunciation and diction I don 't…

Fukuyama and Huntington both have different views on the global structure of the world. Specifically, after the cold war has ended and how to view the world afterwards. Fukuyama views the end of the cold was as the end of history with Liberal Democracy as the last form of government whereas Huntington views the end of the Cold war as the beginning of the war of culture especially with regards to a war of culture over religion and common identity. Therefore, Fukyuma’s work seems to conclude in…

Bauerlein, Mark. "The Anti-intellectual Environment of American Teens - Education Next." RSS. President & Fellows of Harvard College, 23 Apr. 2009. Web. 01 Dec. 2015. Throughout the article, The Anti-intellectual Environment of American Teens, Mark Bauerlein states that even with the rise in college attendance rates, the standardized test scores or the student knowledge is not increasing. Though students are passing the AP exams and more people taking those classes, students should be…

not limited to the authoritarianism, hierarchical order, conformity, and status quo; yet Confucianism also practiced some core parts of liberal philosophies. Confucianism suggested the equality, moral autonomy as well as bringing out the importance of social and political reform. In my stands, if I have to classify whether Confucianism is conservative or liberal, it is neither of them. Instead, the interference of the Confucian concept of our society is more…