philosophy

Education Thoughts for a Sunday Afternoon

September 16, 2024April 26, 2015 by JosieHolford

I don’t know what started it but I found myself launching into manifesto mode! And this is what it led to – a kind of 9 Pillars of Education. I know I’ve left so much out. Feel free to critique these and add what’s missing. Change is inevitable. We need to help children to lean into … Read more

The Paradox of Hedonism

September 16, 2024January 9, 2007 by JosieHolford

The impulse toward pleasure can be self-defeating. We fail to attain pleasures if we deliberately seek them. This is the essence of what the moral philosopher Henry Sidgwick in the The Methods of Ethics called the paradox of hedonism. This came to mind as I was considering the necessity for all of us to be resourceful, self-sustaining … Read more