EDUC 628-Spring-08

Dr. Lowell has in the last unit of our class the following questions posted:

 5: Morals, Ethics, and Duties
Where we’ll explore the questions of
- What constitutes a system of morality?
- What is ethical? Can you be a teacher and be ethical at the same time?
- What is the duty of a culture relative to technology?
- What is the duty of Education?

And in the Phaedrus blog about the Greatness of Universities, I think that Rick Schwier is a prime example of the word ethical and what his point is in his blog A Small Reflection on the Greatness of Universities.  Rick says something compelling to me, when he says the following:

As universities redefine themselves, I hope they remember that their greatness isn’t based on how they operate, on their solvency, or the patronage of any government, private or commercial sources of funding. Rather, the soul of the university is the free expression and unfettered exploration that is part of the daily life of every professor who steps into a classroom, library, studio or laboratory. Any move to “save” a university that threatens that freedom–however insignificantly–serves to harm the very institution we all treasure.

I like what this statement says and I think it serves to fall into the idea that to preserve a university could preserve the culture of that university in some ways.