quote:Originally posted by zippadeedoodah:
Most kids when they get to college don't have any idea what they are. But I would submit to you that "evangelizing" atheism in a classroom environment is morally equivalent to evangelizing christianity. You're in a position of authority over a trapped audience. You should teach the lesson, period. Leave your philosophy in your home.
It would be impossible to teach a course on epistomology without without discussing the empiricism of David Hume and A.J. Ayre.
A course on existentialism requires studying Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger.
Studing French literature means lectures on Albert Camus.
Required reading for modern philosophy means reading "Why I am not a Christian" by Bertrand Russell.
The History of Science involves the Age of Enlightenment and the trials and tribulations of Galileo.
Biology class emphasises Charles Darwin and of course rejects creationism.
It would be impossible to teach many courses without highlighting the veracity atheism.