Presentation
Teachers as permission givers: some theological reflections for challenging times
Association of Colleges of the Sisters of St. Joseph
(2020)
Abstract
Abstract: Pope Paul VI told us that teachers must be witnesses. This essay, which originated as a presentation to a group of faculty at the 2019 annual meeting of the Association of Colleges of Sisters of St. Joseph (ACSSJ), claims that we are to be “permission givers” for our students, showing them a larger vision of human life by seeking to live such lives ourselves. Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre says that a common way we fail in this task is by “compartmentalizing.” The essay shows models of non-compartmentalized permission givers at work in the author’s own life.
Keywords
- Ethics,
- Virtue,
- Sisters of St. Joseph
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer August, 2020
Location
Regis University, Boston, MA
DOI
http://www.acssj.org/uploads/6/2/9/4/62947989/teachers_as_permission_givers_revised_mcdonough.pdf
Citation Information
William C McDonough. "Teachers as permission givers: some theological reflections for challenging times" Association of Colleges of the Sisters of St. Joseph (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william-mcdonough/5/
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