Neutrality and Impartiality

Klappentext This book discusses the role of the university in society and that of university teachers in relation to their subjects! students! and wider political commitments. Zusammenfassung First published in 1975! this is a book of general intellectual interest about the role of the university in contemporary society and that of university teachers in relation to their subjects! their students! and their wider political commitments. These issues are discussed from a range of theoretical standpoints and practical experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Alan Montefiore; Part I. Alan Montefiore: 1. Preliminaries; 2. Neutrality, indifference and detachment; 3. Objectivity, impartiality and open-mindedness; 4. Disinterestedness, independence and lack of bias; 5. The concept of the political; 6. The concept of the academic; Part II: 1. Impartiality and bias in economics Andrew Graham; 2. Neutrality and academic values Leszek Kolakowski; 3. 'Le neutre' and philosophical discourse Louis Marin; 4. Neutrality in the university Charles Taylor; 5. Politics in the academe C. L. Ten; 6. The academic and the political W. L. Weinstein; Part III. Alan Montefiore: 1. Kolakowski; 2. Taylor; 3. Marin; 4. The concept of the political again; 5. Weinstein, Graham and Ten; Appendix: the concept of evaluation.

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• Autori: Andrew Graham, Graham Andrew, Leszek Kolakowski, Kolakowski Leszek, Marin Louis, Montefiore, Alan Montefiore, Charles Taylor, Ten C. L., Weinstein W. L.
• Con la collaborazione di: Alan Montefiore (Editore), Montefiore Alan (Editore)
• Editore: External catalogues UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521099233
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09923-3
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy