AI and the Educative Leader
Description
This book synthesises cutting-edge scholarship on artificial intelligence, democratic theory, and educational leadership with three long-standing intellectual pillars of the author's work: Deweyan pragmatism and inquiry-based moral reasoning, non-foundational epistemology, and moral craftsmanship as the practical enactment of ethical leadership. The book examines how AI is reconfiguring agency, authority, and public reason; how algorithmic systems threaten or support democratic life; how educators and civic leaders can cultivate ethical judgment in AI-mediated environments; and how institutions can design governance structures that protect transparency, accountability, and the public good. The distinctive argument is that educative leadership -leadership that intentionally cultivates inquiry, critical consciousness, and collective learning simultaneously at personal, institutional and system levels-is essential to preserving democratic integrity against the combined risks of algorithmic misinformation, surveillance capitalism, digital authoritarianism, and cyber insecurity.
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Dr Reynold J. S. Macpherson is an internationally recognised scholar of educative leadership, moral philosophy, and democratic governance. Across four decades of academic work, he has developed influential frameworks integrating Deweyan pragmatism, non-foundational epistemology, and moral craftsmanship. His research addresses the ethical and political dimensions of leadership in education, local government, and public institutions, with a focus on democratic integrity and civic wellbeing. His recent work examines the implications of AI, blockchain, and cybersecurity for moral reasoning, institutional governance, and public trust.
Content
PART I: Technologies Reshaping Leadership and Democracy .- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Technological Capacities of AI.- Chapter 3: AI as Co-Actor: Agency, Judgment, and Distributed Cognition.- Chapter 4: Surveillance, Nudging, and the Algorithmic Public Sphere.- Chapter 5: AI, Social Inequality, and Epistemic Injustice.- PART II: Moral Philosophy in an AI-Mediated World .- Chapter 6: Deweyan Pragmatism and Inquiry Under Algorithmic Conditions.- Chapter 7: Moral Agency and Responsibility in Hybrid Human-Ai Systems.- Chapter 8: Educative Leadership, Institutional Design, and Ethical Governance.- Chapter 9: System-Level Governance, Global Ethics, and Educative Leadership in an Ai-Shaped World.- Chapter 10: Non-Foundational Epistemology, Moral Reasoning, and Educative Leadership in Ai-Mediated Worlds.- Chapter 11: Moral Craftsmanship as Democratic Praxis in the Ai Age.- PART III: Educative Leadership as Democratic Safeguard .- Chapter 12: Educative Leadership for Public Reason and Civic Renewal.- Chapter 13: Digital Literacies, Ethics, And STEAM For Pluralistic Majoritarian Citizenship.- Chapter 14: AI, Analytics, and the Public Good in Organizations.- Chapter 15: Cybersecurity, Trust, and Organizational Integrity.- PART IV - Governance, Policy, and Institutional Futures .- Chapter 16: Ethical Governance Frameworks for AI in Education and Public Institutions.- Chapter 17: Crisis Leadership and AI-Mediated Decisions.- Chapter 18: Rebuilding Democracy: Principles for the AI-Educated Leader.- Chapter 19: A Global Ethic for Educative Leadership in the AI Age: Moral Craft.