Kindless Philosophy

Fraternity   “ In section 4 of Chapter 2 we noted a wide range of ideas connected with a broad notion of fraternity which often appeared in the rhetoric, and indeed sometimes the argument, supporting mixed ability grouping. We suggested there that this cluster of ideas, though often confiated with ideas of equality and social justice, was actually about something else more to do with a positive valuing of social integration and feelings of community as things to be approved of in their ownright. Thus, as we pointed out, segregation of pupils into groups based upon specific abilities was seen by some teachers as deplorable, not solely because such differentiation represented the injustice of unjustifiably different treatment, but simply because it acted to support social divisiveness and against the possibility of social cohesiveness and mutually supportive cooperation. Sometimes this idea is part of a wider sociopolitical spectrum in which presentday society is seen as damagingly c...

Adolescence and Youth identity Cognitive psychology considers the human adolescent period to be truly important. The human brain becomes stable after adolescence, but the synaptic network strengthens or dies depending on learning and experience. This process is called ‘pruning’. About half of the synapses formed in early childhood are pruned during adolescence. This highlights how important the influence of the environment is in the process of human development. It means, it would not be an exaggeration to say that education during adolescence determines almost everything about one's future life. From Aristotle's virtue theory, a happy human life lies in “unity of virtue and action.” Even adolescents can enjoy a happy life. This kind of happy life should be based on the harmony of purpose and means at that period.  ‘Education’; the flesh of the world “ou si tout rapport de moi à l'Être jusque dans la vision, jusque dans la parole, n'est pas un rapport charnel, avec la c...