Through the Platform for International Education (PIE), Dutch universities and applied universities (‘hogescholen’) aim to support and coordinate their activities directed at higher education in developing countries. Last Tuesday (June 22), the Platform organized the seminar “Knowledge for Development”. It was a step on the way towards a “new vision on knowledge capacity building in [...]
Archive for June, 2010
30. A new vision
Posted in Aims, Aims of Science, Incentives, Motivation, Research policy, tagged innovation, Knowledge for development, research policy, valorization on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
29. Esteem and morality
Posted in Motivation, tagged competition, esteem, liberal anthropology, mixed motives, Rutger Claassen, scarcity on June 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When people are in competition, and their self-esteem depends on the outcome, the battle will absorb a large share of their energy and attention; and to that extent they cannot afford real interest for others. I think that the pervasiveness of the need for esteem should not be a reason for moral cynicism; it is [...]
