Liberal Education and Liberal Democracy

At AEI, Jenna Silber Storey has a report titled Liberal Education and Liberal Democracy. Major points:

• The problems in contemporary liberal education are exacerbating problems in our practice of liberal democracy.
• Liberal education today does a poor job of teaching young people the art of choosing—which requires thinking well about ends.
• Liberal democracy depends on citizens capable of building communities around chosen ends while working with others who have different understandings of the good life.
• Classical education responds effectively to the shortcomings of contemporary liberal education. It is growing in popularity and deserves more study and support