KEEPING TOUCH WITH REALITY
ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATORS IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA
KEEPING TOUCH WITH REALITY
ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATORS IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA
Author(s): Sylwester ZielkaSubject(s): Epistemology, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Education
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: post-truth era; media education; falsehood in public discourse; fake news; pseudo-science; fact-checking; responsible education; truth as a common good;
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to draw attention to the issue of responsible education in thepost-truth era. Reaching such a goal involves (1) introducing a distinction be-tween the ways of addressing the issue of post-truth, (2) determining the socialconditions which favor the occurrence of post-truth as a phenomenon on a massscale, and (3) discussing the most common ways in which a society may protectitself against the negative consequences of post-truth, among them responsibleeducation, which is the most effective tool in this respect. The author exten-sively discusses the essence of responsibility within the educational process.Using the method of text analysis, he also investigates available modes of post-truth discourses, which leads to the conclusion that media-focused educationremains an insuffi cient instrument of struggle against fake news. Therefore,education focused on seeking the truth as common good is needed.
Journal: Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL
- Issue Year: 37/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 107-131
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
