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milky

#298634 Tue, 28 Nov 06 09:47 PM

Hmm. Mr P seems to think that by deprecating one type of ideology, one should do the same for all types. Odd thought.

milky

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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".

MrPedantic

#298636 Tue, 28 Nov 06 09:51 PM

MrP thinks that it's inconsistent to deprecate the teaching of Western ideology in one post, while advocating it in another.

MrP

MrPedantic

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...opella forensis / adducit febris...

milky

#298736 Wed, 29 Nov 06 08:16 AM

MrPedantic wrote:

MrP thinks that it's inconsistent to deprecate the teaching of Western ideology in one post, while advocating it in another.

MrP

Is Humanism the same as Eurocentrism?

milky

#298752 Wed, 29 Nov 06 08:42 AM

MrPedantic wrote:

MrP thinks that it's inconsistent to deprecate the teaching of Western ideology in one post, while advocating it in another.

MrP

Mr P should check out the Upanishads for elements of Humanism.

milky

#298755 Wed, 29 Nov 06 08:58 AM

Reciprocity.

Confucius.

milky

MrPedantic

#299042 Thu, 30 Nov 06 12:20 AM

Milky wrote:
MrPedantic wrote:

MrP thinks that it's inconsistent to deprecate the teaching of Western ideology in one post, while advocating it in another.

MrP

Is Humanism the same as Eurocentrism?

Your "Eurocentrism" comprised "...European (and generally, Western) concerns, culture and values..."

And yes, the quotation expresses a Western ideology.

MrP

MrPedantic

#299044 Thu, 30 Nov 06 12:23 AM

Milky wrote:
MrPedantic wrote:

MrP thinks that it's inconsistent to deprecate the teaching of Western ideology in one post, while advocating it in another.

MrP

Mr P should check out the Upanishads for elements of Humanism.

Why not provide a few references to your elements of humanism, Milky.

MrP

MrPedantic

#299045 Thu, 30 Nov 06 12:25 AM

Milky wrote:

Reciprocity.

Confucius.

I'd also be interested to see the quotes from Confucius that you refer to here.

MrP

MrPedantic

#299047 Thu, 30 Nov 06 12:27 AM

Then we have this quote, which deprecates the imposition of ideology:

Milky wrote:

<Learning English should be fun for all involved, not a battle to win hearts and minds... >

That statement should be the alma mater of all language teachers.

And this one, which advocates the imposition of ideology:

Milky wrote:

“Foreign language instruction at any level should be a humanistic pursuit intended to sensitize students to other cultures, to the relativity of values, to appreciation of similarities among peoples and respect for the differences among them.” (Wilkes, p. 107)

I agree, but how do you guarantee that teachers are objective in their pursuits?

MrP

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