tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post1203025804885327826..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Sandel 3: Employees Are Also Free CitizensGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-26311323612840126702010-07-28T11:15:39.555-04:002010-07-28T11:15:39.555-04:00Last week you had a post about the role of schools...Last week you had a post about the role of schools in a good society.<br /><br />It's been a while since i read in this area but at least in New England wasn't the public school movement circa 1830's and 40's about forming children with the virtues required of free citizens.<br /><br />To be more blunt what they wanted was to take the children of Irish and Central European Catholics and replace Catholic superstitions with rational Protestant virtues.ceemacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-34132092473052570992010-07-28T10:42:48.036-04:002010-07-28T10:42:48.036-04:00I have thought a lot about the American Revolution...I have thought a lot about the American Revolution and find that Sandel, from your synopsis, really sums up the change well. In spite of differing "denominational membership" there was broad consensus on how to live, or on what it meant to be a responsible person who participated in the community and society.dennistheeremitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801567321734091885noreply@blogger.com