Education in an Age of Lies and Fake News

<p>The ‘post-truth’ world in which we live has been beset by fake news lies and a cavalier disregard for truth. If truth is neglected then an alternative is an appeal to the emotions in order to validate a particular position which can quickly turn to the use of power to impose a particular view. The loss of truth results in the loss of freedom. This book contends that if we want to preserve our freedom then we have a serious obligation to pursue truth. One way to do this is through an adequate moral education.</p><p><i>Education in an Age of Lies and Fake News: Regaining a Love of Truth</i> makes an argument for the importance of truth. It explores how we can retrieve the concept of truth and how moral education can be deployed in order to re-establish a commitment to truth. It introduces Eastern perspectives on the question of truth and how we view reality and presents a realist position on the nature of truth as a counter to scepticism drawing on Augustine and Thomas Aquinas amongst others. Further the chapters are mindful of the significance of developing a pedagogy which not only enables students to be critical thinkers but to foster a genuine concern for truth and for its pursuit. This book will be essential reading for students educators philosophers and researchers pursuing the question of truth in the modern age.</p>