Philosopher Immanuel Kant teaches us that even amid turmoil, it is possible — and necessary — to work toward a freer, more just future.
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The rarely explained term is nebulous at best, and can mean many things – negative and positive – to different groups of people.
Crises are no longer something to fix but situations to manage.
Instead of Tudors and Churchill, history students need to learn how civilisation has arrived at the point of no return.
A recent article in The Atlantic called for a “new science of progress” - this is dangerous and ignores the academic study of the history of human development.
The Progressive Conservative government’s call to modernize education invokes long-standing rhetoric about progressive education in paradoxical ways.
Despite the technological advances that humanity has known for millennia, the standard of living did not begin to rise until around 1800.
There’s no shortage of problems facing humanity. Science’s role in how to tackle them has long been debated – including memorably by two of the 20th century’s greatest literary figures.
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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