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Quote by Alasdair MacIntyre
But to unfit our students for the contemporary world ought in any case to be one of our educational aims.
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The sentence argues that education should not leave students unable to deal with the world they live in. Its wording is deliberately pointed: making students “unfit for the contemporary world” is presented as something education ought not to aim for. The focus is on preparing students to understand and meet present-day conditions.
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- Cogito interview, “An interview with Alasdair MacIntyre” (Summer 1991)
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- Official Statement
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