The Role of Consensus in the Neutrality/Advocacy Debate
v Introduction 1 Neutrality 7 Classic Neutrality 8 Revealed Neutrality 10 Criticisms of Classic Neutrality and How 11 Revealed Neutrality Answers Them It Promotes Dishonesty 11 It Promotes Moral Relativism 12 It Promotes a Lack of Commitment to Values 14 Illusion of Neutrality 14 Advocacy 18 Concerns about Advocacy 19 Indoctrination 19 Respecting Student Autonomy 20 Persuasive Advocacy 22 Critical Advocacy 23 The Open Approach 27 Dynamics of the Classroom 29 Neutrality, Then Advocacy 30 The Consensus View 32 The Consensus Dynamic 33 Controversy in General Public / Consensus amongst Experts 34 Consensus in General Public / Controversy in Field of Experts 36 Consensus in Both – Consensus is same 38 Consensus in Both – Consensus is Different 38 Controversy in Both 39 Conclusion 41 Works Cited 43 Vita 44