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Teaching For Toleration In Pluralist Liberal Democracies, Betto A.F. Van Waarden
Teaching For Toleration In Pluralist Liberal Democracies, Betto A.F. Van Waarden
Democracy and Education
This article determines which education enables the perpetuation of diverse ways of life and the liberal democracy that accommodates this diversity. Liberals like John Rawls, Stephen Macedo, and William Galston have disagreed about the scope of civic education. Based on an analysis of toleration—the primary means for maintaining a pluralist liberal democracy—I argue that schools should teach democratic participatory skills and a minimal exposure to diversity to enable citizens to participate in the democratic process of defining which cultural and religious practices the state should tolerate or prohibit through its laws. To make this argument, I contend, in contrast to …
Who Owns Our Values? Back To School, John Strassburger
Who Owns Our Values? Back To School, John Strassburger
Publications
This is the sixth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
The Grizzly, April 28, 1997, Jared Rakes, Lauren G. Newkirk, Teresa Green, Lisa D'Amico, Mike Podgorski, Beth Adams, Lauren Vassalotti, Trish Daley, Erin Gambeski, Tricia Murnane, Todd Brenneman, Mark Pinsk, Angie Kurtz, Joel Schofer, Beatrice May, Cristin Veit, Joseph Catalfano
The Grizzly, April 28, 1997, Jared Rakes, Lauren G. Newkirk, Teresa Green, Lisa D'Amico, Mike Podgorski, Beth Adams, Lauren Vassalotti, Trish Daley, Erin Gambeski, Tricia Murnane, Todd Brenneman, Mark Pinsk, Angie Kurtz, Joel Schofer, Beatrice May, Cristin Veit, Joseph Catalfano
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Student Art Exhibit Opens at Berman • Student Research Conference Held at Ursinus • Spirit Week at Ursinus • Opinion: Some Final Thoughts; More Inaccuracies Uncovered; The Ceremony of Innocence; Is Servitude the American Way? • Letter: SERV Denied Drill • Letters from Great Britain • Understanding One Another: Students to Present Projects on Identity and Diversity • Medieval Sports Fest Celebrates Tenth Year • Spring Service Success • A World of Learning at Musser and Beyond • Softball Splits Doubleheader • Golf Team Wins Four Matches • Women's Tennis Jumps Record to 5-3 • Women's Lacrosse Downs Haverford • …