Written by Lauren Simmons <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harding welcomed guest speaker Dr. Paul Blaschko to campus to talk to students and administrators about how to apply ethics to higher education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blaschko, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, spoke in chapel Oct. 31 and to business ethics classes and Harding administrators. He was brought to campus by Dr. Heath Carpenter after Carpenter\u2019s class read Blaschko\u2019s book \u201cThe Good Life Method.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carpenter said his students were interested in Blaschko\u2019s merging of classical philosophy and theology in practical applications. He was interested to hear Blaschko\u2019s methods of incorporating philosophy into higher-level curricula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were thinking, \u2018How could we at Harding do a better job of connecting our liberal arts classes to our major classes and our major classes to each other?\u2019\u201d Carpenter said. \u201cTo create processes and systems on a university campus where you can take these big philosophical questions but in very tangible ways put them in curriculum all across campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the weekly breakout chapel, Blaschko spoke on how a student\u2019s time at college is fundamental to their ethical future. He compared college to a boot camp for creating identity and choosing which morals to uphold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are habituating yourself in many ways,\u201d Blaschko said. \u201cYou are creating these virtues in yourself that will set you up \u2026 in certain ways after you leave. And that\u2019s a trajectory of your character, the momentum you\u2019re establishing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blaschko challenged the students to question what it means to love truth. He included his favorite poem in his presentation, Wendell Berry\u2019s \u201cManifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,\u201d which junior Nic Aziamov said inspired some introspective thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI thought [Blaschko\u2019s presentation] was really good,\u201d Aziamov said. \u201cAt Harding, we get lots of Bible lessons, but [don\u2019t] talk about the transcendentals that surround it all that aren\u2019t as tangible. I think it\u2019s important to know both aspects of it and use those to connect together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carpenter said he wants students to think of college as being more than getting a degree. He wants students to see their time at Harding as a way to strengthen their character, develop skills that create rich experiences and produce empathy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHarding is a place where students instinctively desire meaning and purpose in their lives,\u201d Carpenter said. \u201cWe need to do a better job as administrators and faculty of telling the story of what university is really all about.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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