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... final lesson of value theory . Man's values must be adjusted to the requirements and expectations of his society : that is their only fixed base . This , essentially , is the Marxist estimate . It ' was the basic issue at stake in the ...
... final lesson of value theory . Man's values must be adjusted to the requirements and expectations of his society : that is their only fixed base . This , essentially , is the Marxist estimate . It ' was the basic issue at stake in the ...
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... final word about their acquisition . If motivations are transmitted by contagion , it is obvious that the desir- able ones must be liberally displayed on the campus , beginning with the administration and faculty . For example , it may ...
... final word about their acquisition . If motivations are transmitted by contagion , it is obvious that the desir- able ones must be liberally displayed on the campus , beginning with the administration and faculty . For example , it may ...
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... final trust in a method ( the democratic process ) for revising social institutions in accord with the public will . Academic freedom places its final confidence in a method ( sometimes called the scientific or empirical method , but ...
... final trust in a method ( the democratic process ) for revising social institutions in accord with the public will . Academic freedom places its final confidence in a method ( sometimes called the scientific or empirical method , but ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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ability absolute Academic freedom accept Aldous Huxley altruism answer anthropology appreciation Arthur Compton Ashley Montagu assume basic beauty become belief cerned Chapter common concept concern confidence context conviction creative cultural relativism culture Dean Thomas democracy develop dogmatism E. G. Boring economic egoism equal Eric Fromm evaluations evidence fact faith fallibilism feeling human HUSTON SMITH ideal ideas important individual intellectual interests involves keep kind knowledge liberal education lives man's mean mind minor premise moral motivations nature neutrality never objectivist objectivity obvious one's patterns perspectives philosophy political possible precisely principle problem psychological question reality reason relativism religion religious responsibility secular secularist selfish sense significant situation social society specific spirit stand statism teachers things thinking thought tion true truth turn understanding University valid values versus whole word