Comparative Political Philosophy and Liberal Education: “Looking for Friends in History”

Abstract

importance (since part of liberal education is coming to terms with a particular historical past or tradition); the extent to which they are open to conflicting interpretations (since critical interpretation and argument about the meaning of words and things is the practice that defines the liberal classroom); and the extent to which they can be read with an eye to questions and problems of the present (since liberal education is justified largely by its capacity to encourage deliberation and informed action in the