Socrates behind bars: a report on an experimental course on justice and philosophy
| Autor: | Sira Abenoza, César Arjona |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | The Law Teacher. 51:327-348 |
| ISSN: | 1943-0353 0306-9400 |
| Popis: | This paper describes a particular educational experience: a course that took place in prison involving law students and inmates. One of the co-authors was the leading instructor in the course, whereas the other played an active role during its design and implementation. Social prejudices and taboos on crime, criminals and prisons offer a simplistic, biased and altogether negative image of penal institutions and those involved in them. This picture pervades society in general, and the legal professions in particular. The course described in this paper is aimed at bridging the gap between inmates and future lawyers by bringing them together into the same classroom to think and reflect collectively. The method used was the Socratic dialogue, in which the professor acted as a “spiritual midwife” encouraging dialogue and debate around fundamental issues such as truth, fear, happiness, respect, responsibility, justice, and so on. During each session, participants explored these concepts in depth, and ha... |
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