Wednesday 9th October 2024
How does the degree programme work?
What about the core course ('Cultural Encounters')?
How do I explain Liberal Arts?
Ancient Greece: Essential education for free individual active in civic life - grammar, rhetoric and logic= trivium
Liberal arts now interdisciplinary, spanning humanities, social, natural and formal sciences
Liberal Arts in relation to different ideological/economic/political perspectives:
eg: Critically thinking about Capitalism etc.
Liberal definition as an adjective in Merriam Webster:
5: Broad Minded especially: not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms
Evolved jn the late 18th/19th century
Response to authoritarian rule
Influence
Liberalism calls for:
separation of church and state
acknowledgement of universal natural rights to life, liberty, property and happiness
limitations on state interference in trade
By 1970s, economic stagnation, increasing public debt - calls for return to classical liberalism
Influence of Hayek and Freidman (Chicago Boys)
a liberal who de-emphasizes traditional liberal doctrines in order to seek progress by more pragmatic methods
Not a form of capitalism, but pro capitalist ideology (spread by colonialism, neoclonialism, globalism etc.
Same key features of classical liberalism: importance of the individual over the collective
‘Free economic individual’
‘Trickle down economics’
Same key features as classical liberalism
Human flourishing best encouraged through maximising profits (e.g: ‘trickle- down economics’)
Recognises individuals’ universal right to freedom
Hayek- Argued that interventionist measures aimed at the redistribution of wealth leads to a totalitarianism
Friedman - rejection of fiscal policy
Major societal shifts of the 21st century require:
a re-thinking of former specialisms
in- depth and comparative interrogation of their boundaries
a return to the breadth and depth of studies reformed for a new age
3.1: It is recommended that Liberal students undertake a diet of courses which encourage
Critical Thinking
Interdisciplinary skills
Creativity
Communication skills
Advancing knowledge
Inquisitive
Kindness
Community minded
Enhancing cultural awareness
How does the degree programme work?
What about the core course ('Cultural Encounters')?
How do I explain Liberal Arts?
Ancient Greece: Essential education for free individual active in civic life - grammar, rhetoric and logic= trivium
Liberal arts now interdisciplinary, spanning humanities, social, natural and formal sciences
Liberal Arts in relation to different ideological/economic/political perspectives:
eg: Critically thinking about Capitalism etc.
Liberal definition as an adjective in Merriam Webster:
5: Broad Minded especially: not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms
Evolved jn the late 18th/19th century
Response to authoritarian rule
Influence
Liberalism calls for:
separation of church and state
acknowledgement of universal natural rights to life, liberty, property and happiness
limitations on state interference in trade
By 1970s, economic stagnation, increasing public debt - calls for return to classical liberalism
Influence of Hayek and Freidman (Chicago Boys)
a liberal who de-emphasizes traditional liberal doctrines in order to seek progress by more pragmatic methods
Not a form of capitalism, but pro capitalist ideology (spread by colonialism, neoclonialism, globalism etc.
Same key features of classical liberalism: importance of the individual over the collective
‘Free economic individual’
‘Trickle down economics’
Same key features as classical liberalism
Human flourishing best encouraged through maximising profits (e.g: ‘trickle- down economics’)
Recognises individuals’ universal right to freedom
Hayek- Argued that interventionist measures aimed at the redistribution of wealth leads to a totalitarianism
Friedman - rejection of fiscal policy
Major societal shifts of the 21st century require:
a re-thinking of former specialisms
in- depth and comparative interrogation of their boundaries
a return to the breadth and depth of studies reformed for a new age
3.1: It is recommended that Liberal students undertake a diet of courses which encourage
Critical Thinking
Interdisciplinary skills
Creativity
Communication skills
Advancing knowledge
Inquisitive
Kindness
Community minded
Enhancing cultural awareness
