tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post7706766134260644478..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: A Great Line That Says it AllCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-13698292231355581512009-01-30T11:58:00.000-05:002009-01-30T11:58:00.000-05:00Speaking of liberalism & ethical issues...If y...Speaking of liberalism & ethical issues...<BR/>If you didn't see it, last night TVO - The Agenda had a Episode called "The Debate: Politics in the Classroom | The role of professors: transmitters of knowledge or drivers of social change?" The debate was between Stanley Fish, Clifford Orwin (my U of T prof :) and a number of others. I didn't watch the whole thing carefully, but it seemed like Fish was pulling the liberalism trick - insisting that profs have to be 'neutral' which in itself isn't a neutral position... (as he himself admitted in the article we read for C&C). That's just the whole "pretending not to preach" thing. ..whereas some of the other panelists were pointing out the need to sometimes take a visible stand on issues of ethics and truth.<BR/>If you're interested, you can listen to the podcast here:<BR/>http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779423&ts=2009-01-29%2020:00:35.0<BR/><BR/>Btw, a friend of mine is looking for useful readings on Theocons- basically how and why religiously-motivated issues have become so politically central in the US particularly. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.<BR/><BR/>Hope you're doing well~Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047051565050645049noreply@blogger.com