Abstract
Abstract:
In this paper we discuss how through our bi-weekly
Socratic dialogue groups with inmates at the Metropolitan
Correctional Center downtown San Diego, we were able to bring
the inmates to a sense of aporia or puzzlement. Not only did the
dialogues help to uncover assumptions, uncovering the dots, so to
speak, but also to help reconnect the dots and see their world
from a different perspective. It allowed them to question their
lives in a safe and non-judgmental environment. They felt
empowered by these dialogues to become their own life’s judges,
freeing themselves from feeling oppressed by the judgments of
others.