I can’t speak to the basis of the US primary education curriculum today, but I know that the general classic approach you speak of was the foundation of it when I went to school. I agree, in particular, that logic, and the ability to think critically, is an important intellectual tool to provide to people.

You’re also right on the money, I think, in saying that our inability to exercise our sovereignty effectively places us at risk of having it taken from us. That is exactly the point of this discussion of corporate governance.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughtful and pertinant comment!

This is pervasive in today’s society, and I’m not sure why. I think (but cannot confirm) that this has something to do with moving away from a broad classical liberal education formed by the Trivium (particularly logic) and Quadrivium, and instead towards task-based or role-based education.

Self-government (and this includes the governance of a corporate board — and because of that, the actions and attitudes of the shareholders themselves) depends on our ability to reason rightly. And without the ability to identify, test, and challenge our assumptions, we lose our effectiveness and even become unable to wield such a privilege.