The Enlightenment Tradition

Anchor, Robert

doi:10.1525/9780520341289

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“…John Locke (1632–1704), one of the predominant early Enlightenment thinkers, argued that the right to own property was essential to the pursuit of happiness, which according to Anchor (1967) was perceived as “the most basic natural right” (p. 9). In his Two Treatises of Government , Locke (1988: para.…”

Section: Enlightenment Principlesmentioning

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Accounting for slavery during the Enlightenment: Contradictions and interpretations

Tyson

Oldroyd

2018

Accounting History

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This article discusses Enlightenment principles and describes how they were manifested in the debates on slavery. It then analyzes the role of accounting during the slave era in the United States and British West Indies. The key areas discussed are property rights, the humanity of slaves, economic incentives, and self-improvement. The article finds that belief in progress through reason, the common denominator of Enlightenment thinking, was not generally evident in the management and accounting practices on plantations and that the utility of accounting to slaveholders was limited. These practices were not geared toward improving productivity. Instead, short-term gains were achieved by driving the slaves harder, or longer term ones by treating slaves more benevolently to extend life spans or acquiring new plantations to expand capacity. The rate of productivity on plantations tended to be governed by established social norms and was not susceptible to change nor was it noticeably impacted by accounting.

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Section: Enlightenment Principlesmentioning

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Accounting for slavery during the Enlightenment: Contradictions and interpretations

Tyson

Oldroyd

2018

Accounting History

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“…They have an equal right to make claims and to have their claims judged as equal to all other claims until proven otherwise (Salvadori, 1957). They are not to declare their positions to be more correct because they enjoy high social rank (Anchor, 1967), nor are they to resort to demagoguery, emotion, or other irrational appeals. All claims are to be supported solely on the basis of sound argumentation.…”

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High School Democratic Dialogues: Possibilities for Praxis

Hemmings

2000

American Educational Research Journal

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Democratic dialogues enacted in the context of a public high school are described in this paper. The focus is on a history teacher and an English teacher who facilitated contrasting dialogues of public in-powerment and of self/community empowerment. Dialogues are analyzed in terms of liberal and radical frameworks for praxis, which include a general overview of theory and ideal types for educational practice conceived in terms of social relations, language usage and content. Analyses show that school contextual factors engendered contradictory outcomes with significant, implications for realizing possibilities for praxis.

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Mario Bunge and the Enlightenment Project in Science Education

Matthews

2019

Mario Bunge: A Centenary Festschrift

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The Enlightenment Tradition

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Accounting for slavery during the Enlightenment: Contradictions and interpretations

Accounting for slavery during the Enlightenment: Contradictions and interpretations

High School Democratic Dialogues: Possibilities for Praxis

Mario Bunge and the Enlightenment Project in Science Education

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