Freedom in Education: A Philosophical Critique of Current Educational Policies Video, 1 hr & 6 mins This video is a recording of the presentation I gave in Middle Tennessee State University’s Applied Philosophy Lyceum speakers series on November 17, 2023, in Murfreesboro, TN. The talk is titled, “Freedom in Education: A Philosophical Critique of Current…
In the spring of 2023, the Ethics and Social Justice Center at Bellarmine University issued a call for proposals for their yearly Commonwealth Ethics Lecture. They invited scholars from around the state to propose a talk to be delivered for their 2023 lecture, considering approaches from all disciplines and with special interest in interdisciplinary dialogue…
I’ll be presenting on “Philosophy and Educational Policy” on a panel on philosophy and public policy at the 2020 Kentucky Philosophical Association meeting.
A moving & humane argument concerning medicare and opioid prescriptions* There is no question that every reasonable and effective method to stop the opioid epidemic should be investigated, and if proven effective, implemented. The horrors and wrecked lives this epidemic have caused are all too real to many people of all ages. However, we must…
In the spring of 2020, I’ll be teaching Ethics and Educational Decision Making, EPE 628, with both face-to-face AND synchronously online sections! The class meets on Tuesday from 4-6:30pm. Consider signing up or tell your friends who might. [featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/EPE628-FB.jpg” link_single=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/EPE628-FB.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”Image of a road that forks, next to the text of the name…
Dr. Annie Davis Weber and I have coauthored a project that we will be presenting at the 2020 John Dewey Society conference in San Francisco, CA, titled “Meaningful Strategic Planning as Pragmatic Philosophy in Action: Democratic Leadership in Higher Education.” [featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AnE-FB.jpg” link_single=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AnE-FB.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”Dr. Annie Davis Weber and me on a distillery tour –…
Graduate students and advanced undergraduates at the University of Kentucky, watch this VIDEO (4m29s) about why you should take my EPE 640 course this fall on the Philosophy of Education. [youtube id=”PHIKvuteoHM”] Advanced undergraduates, if you’d like to take this course, email the instructor at eric.t.weber@uky.edu. Why study the Philosophy of Education? a) Educators…
For the Fall semester of 2018, I’m planning an upper level course here at the University of Kentucky in ‘Ethics and Public Policy,’ PHI 531, Section 1, which will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:45 pm. The course will begin with an examination of major moral traditions as well as ethical problems…
Today I had the honor of having been invited to speak at the University of Kentucky’s Graduate Student Leadership Conference. My talk was called “Democracy and Leadership in Higher Education: A Talk for Graduate Students.” I seconded some of the prior speaker’s remarks, which concerned the value of networking, including online and via social media….
Dr. Tadd Ruetenik of St. Ambrose University published a review of my 2013 book, Democracy and Leadership, in the second 2016 issue of The Pluralist. I subscribe to the journal, but since I moved last June, I have not yet received the issue. I still have some address information to update for a number of subscriptions and such,…
From a 2016 review of Democracy and Leadership: “Weber is direct and interesting…. Weber demonstrates critical and creative thinking skills when detailing solutions to public problems such as the controversial presence of sex education and corporal punishment in public schools, and the challenge of respecting free speech while confronting the prospects of a KKK rally at…
I and others may well be guilty of romanticizing public philosophy. Fellow Dewey scholar and a prolific writer, Shane Ralston, has published a warning for people interested in engaging in public philosophy. In “On the Perils of Public Philosophy,” Ralston rightly recognizes both that there is a resurgence in the movement for publicly engaged philosophy…