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The problems of the liberal university according to Alasdair MacIntyre
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The problems of the liberal university according to Alasdair MacIntyre

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  • José Manuel Giménez Amaya Universidad de Navarra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-3963
  • Sergio Sanchez-Migallon Universidad de Navarra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7295-2735

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/SetF.2020.008

Keywords

university, liberalism, tradition, formation, philosophy

Abstract

The university that Alasdair MacIntyre defines as liberal is that which rejects the tradition as something pre-modern and with an impediment for the progress, including the pedagogic one. This university model has been extended in all instances, giving priority to the technical education in a pragmatic way. Thus, the global and sapiential vision of the university has been relegated. This last approach is the key for unifying the knowledge and to pass it onto other people and, therefore, to educate and mold intellectually and morally. However, the professionalization of the philosophy and the criteria of the modern liberalism seem to dominate and inspire most universities in the present day. This situation has plainly shown an inability to become aware of their incompetence to properly educate professors and students alike, in a sapiential and  moral manner, threfore deceiving themselves with a naive rhetoric.

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2019-12-23

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GIMÉNEZ AMAYA, José Manuel and SANCHEZ-MIGALLON, Sergio. The problems of the liberal university according to Alasdair MacIntyre. Scientia et Fides. Online. 23 December 2019. Vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 99-121. [Accessed 19 June 2025]. DOI 10.12775/SetF.2020.008.
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