Dilemmas and decisions : a critical addition to the curriculum /

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Author / Creator:	Miller, Patrick (Patrick F.), author.
Imprint:	Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill/Sense, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Critical issues in the future of learning and teaching ; v. 14 Critical issues in the future of learning and teaching ; 14.
Subject:	Education -- Moral and ethical aspects. Education -- Curricula. Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects. Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects. Education -- Curricula. Education -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12647381

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ISBN:	9004368116 9789004368118 9789004368095 9789004368101
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	In Dilemmas and Decisions the author argues that dilemmas, medical, political and personal are clearly universal, requiring decisions with a painful choice. Nevertheless, we are witnessing an increasing tendency amongst opinion leaders, from management consultants to religious fundamentalists, to inform us that dilemmas either do not really exist or are merely problems awaiting the "right" solution (which they happen to possess). Such moral certainty is dangerously mistaken, breeding extremism and undermining democratic values. Education can become a kind of preparation for Multiple Choice Question-type exams or TV quizzes, with facts recalled under pressure of time and problems needing fast solutions. Problems, however, are different from dilemmas; they have solutions and disappear as soon as these are found. Dilemmas leave you with an aftertaste and a sense of regret about the rejected alternative.
Other form:	Print version: Miller, Patrick (Patrick F.). Dilemmas and decisions. Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill/Sense, 2018 9789004368095
Standard no.:	10.1163/9789004368118

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