The Ethics Class

About the Book

Within the United States and throughout the world, there is an abundance of rhetoric about the importance of education. The idea that education is vitally important seems obvious. However, often missing in the rhetoric is a true appreciation of the depth and complexity of what it actually means to be "educated." How does education happen? The Ethics Class offers no clear cut answers. What it does offer is an open-ended exploration of this depth and complexity through conversation, poetry, and metaphor. It is simply one possible exploration. Topics include, among others: responsibility, character, indoctrination, acting vs. being, emotion, spirituality, relationship, and rationality.

At this moment in human history basic questions about humanity and the state of the world seem particularly poignant. Addressing these questions intelligently may be necessary for all of our survival. The Ethics Class ponders what it might mean to "intelligently address."

About the Author

After graduating from Stanford University and playing professional baseball for two seasons, Bob Hausladen has worked extensively with children and adolescents as a teacher, therapist, and corrections professional for over twenty years. He has also chronicled over fourteen hundred pages of his experiences as a father of two wonderful girls. Bob currently resides in Colorado, often dancing with the bears and gliding through the woods on cross-country skis.