What We Value
Public Health, Social Justice, and Educating for Democracy
Seiten
2022
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-4847-8 (ISBN)
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
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Acclaimed bioethicist Lynn Pasquerella examines urgent issues - moral distress, access to resources, and the conflict over whose voices and lives are privileged - issues with which Americans wrestle daily, arguing that liberal education is the best preparation for work, citizenship, and life in a future none of us can predict.
America is in a moment of crisis. Facing the overlapping traumas of the COVID-19 pandemic, the student debt crisis, the murder of George Floyd, and the insurrection of January 6, we as Americans have been forced to ask ourselves what we owe each other as human beings, a task made only more difficult by entrenched political polarization. In this environment, critical thinking skills are more important than ever to find meaning, make decisions, and rebuild civil discourse. In What We Value, acclaimed bioethicist Lynn Pasquerella examines urgent issues—moral distress, access to resources, and the conflict over whose voices and lives are privileged—issues with which Americans wrestle daily, arguing that liberal education is the best preparation for work, citizenship, and life in a future none of us can predict.Drawing on examples from medical schools and university hospitals across the country, Pasquerella addresses medical ethics and public health in the wake of the pandemic. She then unpacks the current challenges surrounding free speech, equity, and inclusion on American campuses. Finally, she examines the growing racial and economic segregation in higher education, making a forceful case for the value of a liberal education in providing the skills and competencies, alongside the habits of heart and mind, required to address vexing questions about the nature of individual rights versus collective responsibility.
This vital book demonstrates how tumultuous current events reveal what we value and the ways in which a liberal education can help us to learn from one another while cultivating the personal and social responsibility necessary for furthering the common good.
America is in a moment of crisis. Facing the overlapping traumas of the COVID-19 pandemic, the student debt crisis, the murder of George Floyd, and the insurrection of January 6, we as Americans have been forced to ask ourselves what we owe each other as human beings, a task made only more difficult by entrenched political polarization. In this environment, critical thinking skills are more important than ever to find meaning, make decisions, and rebuild civil discourse. In What We Value, acclaimed bioethicist Lynn Pasquerella examines urgent issues—moral distress, access to resources, and the conflict over whose voices and lives are privileged—issues with which Americans wrestle daily, arguing that liberal education is the best preparation for work, citizenship, and life in a future none of us can predict.Drawing on examples from medical schools and university hospitals across the country, Pasquerella addresses medical ethics and public health in the wake of the pandemic. She then unpacks the current challenges surrounding free speech, equity, and inclusion on American campuses. Finally, she examines the growing racial and economic segregation in higher education, making a forceful case for the value of a liberal education in providing the skills and competencies, alongside the habits of heart and mind, required to address vexing questions about the nature of individual rights versus collective responsibility.
This vital book demonstrates how tumultuous current events reveal what we value and the ways in which a liberal education can help us to learn from one another while cultivating the personal and social responsibility necessary for furthering the common good.
Lynn Pasquerella, a celebrated philosopher and medical ethicist, is president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, former president of Mount Holyoke College, and coauthor of Ethical Issues in Home Health Care.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.02.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on the Liberal Arts and Public Life |
| Verlagsort | Charlottesville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 335 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8139-4847-9 / 0813948479 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8139-4847-8 / 9780813948478 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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