Free will in the educational theory of Jacques Maritain
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Date
1991
Authors
Carlson, Allison Doreen
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1991
Abstract
In Jacques Maritain's text The Education of Man (1962) a Christian perspective affirming the individual's free will is presented. This study examines the validity of Maritain's argument and speculates upon some consequences for public schooling. The conclusions of the study are as follows: First. Maritain's exposition of the existence of absolute free will is unconvincing as it is not successfully reconciled with his religious world view. Second. if Maritain's views may be assumed to complement the religous educational and institutional objectives of Alberta's Catholic schools, the potential for conflict between these views and the 'secular' (i.e. the common goals, contents and processes of all public and separte schools) objectives of Catholic schools exists.
Description
vi, 81 leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973 , Education -- Philosophy , Liberty , Free will and determinism , Dissertations, Academic