Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but I have read this article 3 times and I'm still not sure what I should be getting from it. So, bear with me and feel free to enlighten me. I would love to have some discussion about it. I know you talked briefly about it when we chatted this week, but I had kids running circles around me and I can't remember what you had said about it.
I could be way off base here, but I think the premise of the article is that intelligence is a virtue. We can be good AND intelligent. We don't have to sacrifice one for the other. When I read this with my family's education in mind, I feel it is a good reminder that we can be good and intelligent. We don't have to sacrifice morals to get ahead. I think of leadership...specifically leadership in our country. How much better off would we be if the leaders and people in powerful positions held true to their morals and didn't give in to the seemingly popular opinions. Thinking about that in the context of my family, I want to teach my children to stand firmly in what they believe, to be intelligent and learned, but to hold tightly to what is right. This article has gotten me thinking and digging deeper as I'm trying to understand fully what he's saying. It's valuable to connect morals and intelligence and to think about intelligence as a virtue.
I could be way off base here, but I think the premise of the article is that intelligence is a virtue. We can be good AND intelligent. We don't have to sacrifice one for the other. When I read this with my family's education in mind, I feel it is a good reminder that we can be good and intelligent. We don't have to sacrifice morals to get ahead. I think of leadership...specifically leadership in our country. How much better off would we be if the leaders and people in powerful positions held true to their morals and didn't give in to the seemingly popular opinions. Thinking about that in the context of my family, I want to teach my children to stand firmly in what they believe, to be intelligent and learned, but to hold tightly to what is right. This article has gotten me thinking and digging deeper as I'm trying to understand fully what he's saying. It's valuable to connect morals and intelligence and to think about intelligence as a virtue.