Dewey Meets the Buddha

dc.contributor	Handelman, Linda
dc.contributor.editor	Bailis, Stanley
dc.contributor.editor	Bell, James A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-10T20:26:01Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-10T20:26:01Z
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.description.abstract	From the Greeks we have inherited the notion that a profound awareness of suffering is essential for ethical maturity. In Buddhism, a fundamental aspect of ethical awareness is that all life is suffering. In a more contemporary context, a fundamental aspect of John Dewey's philosophy is that a meaningful education must bring all of life into the classroom learning experience. By combining these ideas, we confront the possibility that deep ethical transformations can occur by incorporating our students' suffering as a fundamental component of the classroom learning experience. But what are the strategies through which we and our students can utilize suffering in order to bring about ethical transformation? This paper will explore an integrative method of philosophy teaching that blends the East with the West.
dc.identifier.citation	Handelman, Linda. "Dewey Meets the Buddha." Issues in Integrative Studies 16 (1998): 73-97.
dc.identifier.issn	1081-4760
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10323/4175
dc.publisher	Association for Interdisciplinary Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies
dc.title	Dewey Meets the Buddha

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