Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f94Fag017279; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:36:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:36:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <c1.14e2c509.28eddb37@aol.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1658] Re: Purpose X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1147 Lines: 21 The point about Nussbaum's work is that she enables us (she shows a way) to bridge thsi question of the relative and the universal, she posits a universal value. As Ujala pointed out, this is still Western, and we need a larger synthesis, but when I run over in my mind historical knowledge from other cultures, the goal of "cosmopolitan" and "a just society" still rings true. Now for your 17 year olds.If you know where you are starting from, and your PURPOSE, then from what you know and are able to learn o nthe spot, you can design the steps to get there. If you don't know what you think is worthwhile achieving, then you are sunk. Economic independence I see as a stepping stone to PURPOSE. I don't think any of this will work, however, unless you are actually interested in your students' lives--they won't believe anything you say. The caliber of questionning and discussion in this listserv shows me that a lot of daily thought goes into working over the problem of how to get to purpose, I think it is quite impressive, or at least, I am continually impressed by the dilemmas that teachers struggle with. Andrea
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