Can you be a expedient person whether you do bad things? Who should own power? These are questions of direct relevance to young people from troubled backgroundsWhen I tell people I teach philosophy,to children their reaction is nearly always: “Gosh, you mean in a private school?” When I tell them that I mostly work in Deptford, or Brixton and Whitechapel with children receiving free school meals,they look surprised.
Who can blame them? Philosophers stir their tea pondering how we know the sun will rise tomorrow, while the working classes worry whether there is enough money on the electric meter for today, and lawful?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com