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<p>A common perception of modern liberal societies holds that it is possible to bring about social change through rational knowledge-knowledge of ourselves, the conditions we live in, and the laws and principles governing people and society. As attractive as such a view may be, hi its scope and simplicity it is totally at odds with some of the most significant conceptions of our age in mathematical logic, science, history, and anthropology. Godel and Heisenberg, for example, have shown that no complex system is completely knowable. In this thought-provoking volume, Eisenberg challenges the naive belief that we can control our destinies through rational planning, policymaking, and programming and questions whether such control is possible and even desirable.</p> <p>Eisenberg examines the weaknesses and inconsistencies of the rationalist position in three key areas: moral education, social problem solving, and penal reform. Through lucid theoretical analysis and his own extensive experience in these areas, he demonstrates that the outcomes of rationally conceived programs are usually at odds with the intended result. Eisenberg traces this failure to an intrinsic logical incompatibili

Author

John A. Eisenberg

Publisher

New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781560000174

Subjects

Law, Philosophy, Education