Teaching political philosophy and academic neutrality

Avner de-Shalit*

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Abstract

Should lecturers who teach political philosophy hide their personal political beliefs? This question becomes interesting when lecturers face what seems to be morally repugnant policies, such as massive human rights violations. In such cases is there a conflict between a lecturer's civic and political obligations and his/her academic and pedagogical ones? This article argues that while university lecturers should not adhere to academic neutrality, they should be impartial. While arguing this a distinction is drawn between paternalism and empowerment through teaching.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)97-120
Number of pages24
JournalTheory and Research in Education
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2005

Keywords

  • academic neutrality
  • empowerment
  • impartiality
  • objectivity
  • political philosophy

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