Education and Liberty

About Education and Liberty

The goal of Education and Liberty is to explore the connections among Socratic inquiry, classical liberalism, Montessori pedagogy and Austrian economics.

We believe that there are two indispensable elements for unleashing the human potential.

The first element is the need to consistently practice the highest respect and love for all individuals at every level of social interaction: in personal relationships, in management, in the classroom, and in civil society at large.  This implies the need for peace, non-violence, tolerance, freedom of thought and expression, the respect of what properly belongs to others, and the freedom of voluntary association.

The second indispensable element is an unswerving dedication to the search for what is beautiful, good, and true.  This search requires perseverance, creativity, humility, empathy, honesty with self and others, willingness to question and be questioned, and the attempt to articulate and give reasons for what we think and believe.