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Chapter 2
Knowledge Is Meaningful
Knowledge is the new world currency and information is the leading commodity. These are now our greatest resources, key components to advance social and economic well being.
—BETT Conference, 2010
Knowledge Is Free, Too
I considered a concrete expression of my argument that the purpose of a liberal education is to prepare a democratic citizenry and that the Imprint threatens this liberty. There are a few crucial philosophical points about knowledge that I need to clarify to balance my overall argument. Although I do not intend to be exhaustive, what I want to do is create a philosophical expression of autonomy.
The kind of autonomy I am concerned with is that of the mind of the learner. Bonnett and Cuypers (2003) pointed out that autonomy in education requires that