I think people used to think and care about Forming Character as an aim of education and the humanities were very good for this Now people do not care about this and the humanities to the extent they exist seem to mostly be taught as gimped social science and/or grievances https://twitter.com/Scholars_Stage/status/1064064154254815232 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Yes. I think the whole "Great Conversation" theory of the liberal arts used to talk explicitly about the formation of individual character and integrity. That idea has been turned into an assumption that people are de-facto born perfect, and society needs fixing
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baby, bathwater :(
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