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  1. Sep 2025
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    An Antidote to Injustice - The Philosophers' Magazine
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    1. clevenha 29 Sep 2025
      We fail if all we teach students is to be critical. We need to enable our students to conceive of a different and better way for things to be. One of the most powerful defenders of social justice in the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr, held up hope in the form of a dream. He imagined a possibility that was different than the reality he experienced and held it up as a beacon. Philosophy at its best enables students to find their beacon.

      This last paragraph really stuck with me. The author uses MLKs dream as the embodiment of exactly what philosophy is here to teach. These last few sentences did a remarkable job in summarizing the articles central argument. That philosophy is about teaching everyday people, especially those who are less fortunate, how to take a step back and imagine the attainability of a better world.

    2. clevenha 29 Sep 2025
      But this transformation can only happen if philosophy not only arms her with the critical tools she will need but also with the ability to imagine and construct an alternative.

      I think this is a very powerful paragraph. The author explains that by simply taking a philosophy class, it provides you with the tools you need to transform your life for the better. By broadening your perspective and encouraging you to imagine potential alternate realities, you are able to fight for change when previously, you didn't even realize was an option.

    3. clevenha 29 Sep 2025
      Therefore, the first step in this kind of philosophical education is to shake students out of a complacent and uncritical acceptance of the world as it is.

      I strongly agree with this statement and believe that it's very important to keep asking questions, thinking deeper, and not just accepting things the way they are but instead, upholding your expectations and morals. Everyone should be critical of injustices no matter where or how they take place. I love the fact that this is exactly what philosophy teaches us to do.

    4. clevenha 29 Sep 2025
      One answer to this question is pragmatic – philosophy teaches you to think and write logically and clearly. This, we tell our students, will be of use to them no matter what path they pursue. We advertise philosophy, then, as a broadly useful means to a variety of ends.

      This remark made me realize that many people look over the importance in subjects that teach you how to think rather than what to think. I notice that science and math is more about memorizing facts and ideas while philosophy is more about how to think about ideas, which is an approach to learning that I'm not as used to.

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