Kronman manifesto fuels discussion on humanities
University President Richard Levin drew on an unusual source for his annual freshman address this September.
“Undergraduate education should … encourage you to wrestle with the deepest questions concerning lived experience: What constitutes a good life? What kind of life do you want to lead? What values do you hope to live by?” Levin told the 1,300 freshmen crowded into Woolsey Hall.
Levin’s words were not inspired by Plato, Homer or Herodotus. They came from Sterling Professor of Law and former Law School Dean Anthony Kronman.
Kronman’s book “Education’s End: Why...
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