[MD] Value and the Individual

[Christoffer Ivarsson]

>> >> [Platt]
>> >> > Also, do you have data, such as a list of required reading 
>> >> > materials,
>> >> > to indicate that the rightist view is represented at least as much 
>> >> > as
>> >> > the leftist view?

>> Chris:
>> >> Yes, that is part of what the Student Union does - makes sure that the
>> >> required reading materials is as impartial as possible, and that 
>> >> teachers
>> >> aren't imposing their values on the students.
>
> Can you list some of the conservative readings that are required?

The books that are required reading in history collects the different 
interpretation models in them. But since your "conservative" political views 
are widely seen as preposterous nonsense not fit in a serious debate you 
probably wouldn't be satisfied anyway.

>> [Platt]
>> > What I meant was not that the reading materials be impartial (that's
>> > impossible) but that students read materials that present intellectual
>> > arguments on both sides of the political spectrum.
>>
>> Yes. As an example from the area of History (my field) I can take the
>> Russian Revolution for example. When reading about that the literature 
>> and
>> the lecturers make a point of presenting all the major 
>> interpretation-models
>> that has been used over the years, and on the exams the students is asked 
>> to
>> explain all these different interpretation-models. No one is pointed out 
>> as
>> "the right one". This is the way such things is generally presented.
>
> Excellent. What about the larger political and economic issues such as
> presented by Marx and Locke?

They are presented, yes. Within history it is pointed out that they are both 
a product of their time, and may not entirely be applicable to today's 
world.