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Ethics used as a ”Battleground” in Swedish Teacher Training Courses

Ethics used as a ”Battleground” in Swedish Teacher Training Courses. Postmodernism in the Humanities. Postmodernism’s ”broad understanding of society” under attack. Axess: Education magazine – Nov 2012. http://www.axess.se/magasin/default.aspx?article=1510.

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Ethics used as a ”Battleground” in Swedish Teacher Training Courses

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  1. Ethics used as a ”Battleground” in Swedish Teacher Training Courses

  2. Postmodernism in the Humanities

  3. Postmodernism’s ”broad understanding of society” under attack Axess: Education magazine – Nov 2012 http://www.axess.se/magasin/default.aspx?article=1510

  4. Postmodern Sociology & Politics in University Teacher Training Courses http://www.axess.se/magasin/default.aspx?article=44 http://www.axess.se/magasin/default.aspx?article=1512

  5. http://www.academia.edu/240400/The_meaning_of_social_climate_of_learning_environments_Some_reasons_why_we_do_not_care_enough_about_ithttp://www.academia.edu/240400/The_meaning_of_social_climate_of_learning_environments_Some_reasons_why_we_do_not_care_enough_about_it Allodi (2010) strikes a blow for reason and against Post-Modernism in SwedishEducation 

  6. Is Postmodernism today in touch with the real world? (Have Postmodernists now really stopped saying: ”anything goes”?) ??? ! http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Science-wars--last-round--7043

  7. Postmodernism’s Critics ? – Many ... outside the Humanities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKmMyhnG94

  8. Human Flourishing vs Postmodernism Human Well-Being vs Moral Relativism Common absolute values vs ”No absolute values” For the Enlightenment vs Against the Enlightenment OR ...

  9. Evidence of The Enlightenment (The effects of science and reason) The Flynn Effect: Rising IQ scores, 1947–2002 Source: Graph from Flynn, 2007, p. 8. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9404856/Is-the-female-of-the-species-really-more-intelligent-than-the-male.html War & Violence Decreasing  Caring & Intelligence Increasing  Human Rights Woman’s Rights Minority Rights, Children’s Rights Gay Rights Animal Rights http://stevenpinker.com/pages/frequently-asked-questions-about-better-angels-our-nature-why-violence-has-declined

  10. New Technology solving Old Philosophical Problems ? http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/wmap_pol.html http://ehl.web.rice.edu/Flammarion%20Link.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/04/sam-harris-how-science-ca_n_779020.html http://www.rps.psu.edu/indepth/brainscans1.html

  11. A growing scientific, objective, evidence-based view of Ethics and Morality There are many peaks in the moral landscape, not just one. Morality is here like food. There is no one best food to eat, but there is still an objective difference between poison and tasty, nutritious cuisine. Similarly, there is no one best way to live; but there is an objective, specifiable difference between circumstances, actions and policies http://www.amazon.com/Braintrust-Neuroscience-Tells-about-Morality/dp/0691156344 http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Landscape-Science-Determine-Values/dp/143917122X “Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see that there is no such thing as Christian or Muslim morality.” “If our well-being depends upon the interaction between events in our brains and events in the world, and there are better and worse ways to secure it, then some cultures will tend to produce lives that are more worth living than others; some political persuasions will be more enlightened than others; and some world views will be mistaken in ways that cause needless human misery.” See this video for a broader explanation of a science-based (not postmodernist) ethics  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww

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