THE COMMUNITY OF EDUCATED PEOPLE

The article draws upon the work of two people, Lawrence Stenhouse and Derek Morrell, who in the 1960s offered a vision of education based up on, first, the moral conviction that a liberal and humane education wa s essential for all and for society, second, the belief in a curriculu m agenda in which such moral conviction might be reconciled with moral uncertainty, and, third, the recognition of the indispensability of a democratic approach to making that reconciliation possible. The artic le shows how that vision has been dimmed by a prevailing social philos ophy and political practice, sadly abetted by some in universities who should know better.