Academic freedom and the ethical value of thinking
Academic freedom and the ethical value of thinking
Author(s): Paulina SosnowskaSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: academic freedom; liberalism; neoliberalism; economy; thinking; university; moral judgement
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyse the changes in the conditions of academic freedom thatoccurred over the last several decades and to point out the possible ramifications of thosechanges. Firstly, the author begins by depicting the origins and the meaning of the neohumanisticmodern idea of academic freedom and with outlining some of its paradoxes and limitations.Secondly, the classical neohumanistic concept of academic freedom is juxtaposed with newpremises of economic neoliberalism, as diagnosed by Michel Foucault. Also the consequencesof economic legitimisation of political order for academic freedom are drawn. Ultimately, theauthor concentrates on the results of economic limitations of freedom for free thinking and itsrelationship with human moral judgements.
Journal: Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny
- Issue Year: 244/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 221-230
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
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