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11. The object of the undergraduate department is not to produce hermits, each imprisoned in the cell of his own intellectual pursuits. – A. Lawrence Lowell January 17, 201111Lee Hysan Lecture

12. “The best type of liberal education in our complex modern world aims at producing men who know a little of everything and something well.” – A. Lawrence Lowell January 17, 201112Lee Hysan Lecture

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16. 1. General Education Supports the Full Development of the Individual January 17, 201116Lee Hysan Lecture

17. “Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.” January 17, 2011Lee Hysan Lecture17

18. 1. General Education Supports the Full Development of the Individual. 2. General Education is Moral. January 17, 201118Lee Hysan Lecture

19.  “I thought there was usually a pretty clear normative argument running through the courses I took. I felt there was an underlying sense of what we should believe about environmental values and the state of the world, what facts and skills we should have to understand Environmental Science and Public Policy in a coherent fashion, and also what kind of personal and professional responses we should develop to what we had learnt (i.e., there were ways of being responsible and ways to be irresponsible). January 17, 201119Lee Hysan Lecture

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21.  Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties;  and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, … January 17, 201121Lee Hysan Lecture

22.  it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth,  to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; …  to encourage … the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country;  to countenance and inculcate  the principles of humanity and general benevolence,  public and private charity,  industry and frugality,  honesty and punctuality in their dealings;  sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and  generous sentiments among the people. January 17, 201122Lee Hysan Lecture

23.  Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties;  and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, … January 17, 201123Lee Hysan Lecture

24.  it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth,  to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; …  to encourage … the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country;  to countenance and inculcate  the principles of humanity and general benevolence,  public and private charity,  industry and frugality,  honesty and punctuality in their dealings;  sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and  generous sentiments among the people. January 17, 201124Lee Hysan Lecture

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29.  Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; January 17, 201129Lee Hysan Lecture

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31.  Power to distinguish good reasoning from bad  Power to digest and interpret evidence  Habit of catholic observation  Preference for a non-partisan point of view  Clear and logical processes of thought  Instinctive desire to interpret rather than stick to the letter of the reasoning  Taste for knowledge  Deep respect for the integrity of the human mind January 17, 2011Lee Hysan Lecture31

32.  “It is citizenship in the world of knowledge, not ownership of it.” January 17, 2011Lee Hysan Lecture32

33. We are faced with a diversity of education which, if it has many virtues, nevertheless works against the good of society by helping to destroy the common ground of training and outlook on which any society depends. January 17, 201133Lee Hysan Lecture

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40.  The heart of the problem of a general education is the continuance of the liberal and humane tradition. Neither the mere acquisition of information nor the development of special skills and talents can give the broad basis of understanding which is essential if our civilization is to be preserved – Conant January 17, 201140Lee Hysan Lecture

41.  “Life as a responsible human being and citizen”  “traits of mind and ways of looking at man and the world” January 17, 201141Lee Hysan Lecture

42.  “Approaches to knowledge”  “Skills and modes of thought” January 17, 201142Lee Hysan Lecture

43.  “Seeks to connect in an explicit way what students learn in Harvard classrooms to life outside the ivied walls and beyond the college years” January 17, 201143Lee Hysan Lecture

44. 44  “Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding”  “Culture and Belief”  “United States in the World”  “Societies of the World”  “Science of Living Systems”  “Science of the Physical Universe”  “Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning”  “Ethical Reasoning”

45. 1. A Convincing Story about its Importance 2. Idealism 3. Framed around questions, not answers January 17, 201145Lee Hysan Lecture

46. 1. A Convincing Story about its Importance 2. Idealism 3. Framed around questions, not answers 4. Balance between societal traditions and human universals January 17, 201146Lee Hysan Lecture

47. 1. A Convincing Story about its Importance 2. Idealism 3. Framed around questions, not answers 4. Balance between societal traditions and human universals 5. Power and activism January 17, 201147Lee Hysan Lecture

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49. 1. A Convincing Story about its Importance 2. Idealism 3. Framed around questions, not answers 4. Balance between societal traditions and human universals 5. Power and activism 6. A normative vector January 17, 201149Lee Hysan Lecture

50. 1. What are the prospects for life on earth? 2. How much material inequality should exist? 3. How much are individuals in control of their own fate? January 17, 201150Lee Hysan Lecture

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