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1、EducationandDisciplineBetrandRussellAnyseriouseducationaltheorymustconsistoftwoparts:aconceptionoftheendsoflife,andascienceofpsychologicaldynamics,i.e.,ofthelawsofmentalchange.Twomenwhodifferastotheendsoflifecannothopetoagreeabouteducation.Theeducationalmachine,through
2、outWesterncivilization,isdominatedbytwoethicaltheories:thatofChristianity,andthatofnationalism.Thesetwo,whentakenseriously,areincompatible,asisbecomingevidentinGermany.Formypart,Iholdthatwheretheydiffer,Christianityispreferable,butwheretheyagree,botharemistaken.Theconc
3、eptionwhichIshouldsubstituteasthepurposeofeducationiscivilization,atermwhich,asImeantit,hasadefinitionwhichispartlyindividual,partlysocial.Itconsists,intheindividual,ofbothintellectualandmoralqualities:intellectually,acertainminimumofgeneralknowledge,technicalskillinon
4、e'sownprofession,andahabitofformingopinionsonevidence;morally,ofimpartiality,kindliness,andamodicumofself-control.Ishouldaddaqualitywhichisneithermoralnorintellectual,butperhapsphysiological:zestandjoyoflife.Incommunities,civilizationdemandsrespectforlaw,justiceasbetwe
5、enmanandman,purposesnotinvolvingpermanentinjurytoanysectionofthehumanrace,andintelligentadaptationofmeanstoends. Ifthesearetobethepurposeofeducation,itisaquestionforthescienceofpsychologytoconsiderwhatcanbedonetowardsrealizingthem,and,inparticular,whatdegreeoffreedomi
6、slikelytoprovemosteffective. Onthequestionoffreedomineducationthereareatpresentthreemainschoolsofthought,derivingpartlyfromdifferencesastoendsandpartlyfromdifferencesinpsychologicaltheory.Therearethosewhosaythatchildrenshouldbecompletelyfree,howeverbadtheymaybe;therea
7、rethosewhosaytheyshouldbecompletelysubjecttoauthority,howevergoodtheymaybe;andtherearethosewhosaytheyshouldbefree,butinspiteoffreedomtheyshouldbealwaysgood.Thislastpartyislargerthanithasanylogicalrighttobe;Children,likeadults,willnotallbevirtuousiftheyareallfree.Thebel
8、iefthatlibertywillinsuremoralperfectionisarelicofRousseauism,andwouldnotsurviveastudyofanimalsandbabies.Thosewhoholdt
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