Oh, the Humanities...

article posted Dec 1, 09:54

In an age in which we so often talk around the real issues dogging our culture, this piece at The Times seems to take a clear look at some of the fundamental questions. Like, maybe, what do we mean by value when we say something is valuable?

Prof. Gutting’s article is, to my mind, part of a conversation that isn’t happening nearly enough: one about whether or not the economic yardstick is a suitable tool for measuring everything in human life. So, I encourage you to have a look.