Value of Humanities education
The relevance of educating our children in the
humanities is fast receding, giving way to undue emphasis on
economic literacy and business education. Professor of Law and
Ethics at the University of Chicago Martha N Nussbaum, in her book
‘Not for Profit - Why Democracy Needs the Humanities’ (Princeton
University Press: 2010) states: The humanities and arts play a
central role in the history of democracy and yet today many parents
are ashamed of children who study literature or art.
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Congratulations Elector, you’ve just elected yourself!
I know this is a punchi chandaya, a ‘small’ and
relatively inconsequential election. Local Government polls tend to
be like that. I am writing this on election day. I have no idea what
the outcome will be like and shall not speculate apart from saying
the obvious: the voter turnout will be very low. The result may or
may not have an impact on national level politics but that’s best
analysed after the outcome is known along with relevant details.
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Rising crime affects society
Durkheim viewed crime (deviancy) as being just
another function of society. He noted that it forms part of every
society and was therefore a natural occurrence. In fact, he viewed
it as fulfilling various important social needs; it acted to unify
law-abiding citizens against the criminal, thus “crime brings
together honest men and concentrates them.” Recognition of crime was
a validation of the existence of laws, which were in turn a
reinforcement of our central values - after all, “we do not condemn
(an act) because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn
it.” (Durkheim and the philosophy of causation -MTravis)
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