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- Title
Higher Education: As (Moral) Luck Would Have It.
- Authors
Gimbel, Steven
- Abstract
The author discusses the moral responsibilities of the educated members of society, particularly in the U.S., to promote learning and academic excellence, as well as serve others. He also explains the difference between duties and rights, the opinion of 18th century German idealist philosopher Immanuel Kant on the topics, and the works of theoretical physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AIMS &; objectives of higher education; EDUCATIONAL quality; EDUCATION benchmarking; KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804; EINSTEIN, Albert, 1879-1955; SZILARD, Leo, 1898-1964
- Publication
Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 2014, Vol 94, Issue 3, p5
- ISSN
1538-5914
- Publication type
Article