8. The Special Demands the Environment of a Liberal Democracy Places on Individual Realization
If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.
—Samuel Richardson
Viewing education as the individual’s lifelong path toward realizing his or her destiny appears, at first sight, to be a selfish view of humanity, one that emphasizes personal gratification even at the expense of others. Such a conclusion would be widely off the mark, for a simple reason: Just as human beings are, each and every one, born with an innate ...
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