The expectation of the conference was that it would create a certain dynamics, bringing ethics educators together from many different countries, making them enthusiastic about their teaching, and providing incentives for learning how teaching could be improved and diversified with new ideas.

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Whatever the reasons, the stress on multiple disciplines, on crediting what people already know and moving people through new learning quickly, and on teaching something within the context of its relevance are all good ideas.

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In recent years religious ideas have increasingly impinged on public life in ways unacceptable to New Atheist rationalism, from arguments over the teaching of "intelligent design" in schools to gay marriage and restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.

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