2 - Matthew Mehan: Classical Education & the Moral Training of Self-Government

Matthew Mehan is Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government for Hillsdale College’s Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington D.C.

We spoke about the relationship of poetry to philosophy, the value of a classical liberal arts education, technology and the Tyranny of Velocity, raising children with social media, politicization of education, the moral training of self-government, and how to create leaders of tomorrow.

 

Hillsdale profile: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Matthew-Mehan/

Matthew Mehan is also the author of popular children's books:

Mr. Mehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals:

https://www.amazon.com/Mehans-Mildly-Amusing-Mythical-Mammals/dp/1505112494

The Handsome Little Signet:

https://www.amazon.com/Handsome-Little-Cygnet-Matthew-Mehan/dp/1505120608 

 

 

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