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Aitchison Dialectic: Program Summary for 2025 Motivation As senior school students at Aitchison grow up to become adults, many will become leaders in their fields; some through achievement, others through inheritance. How is Aitchison preparing these students to address fundamental questions: their place in and obligation to society, their path in life and the personal missions they select, and the capacity and motivation to critically assess their life stories? With the Aitchison Dialectic, the School is aiming to inculcate in students: - An ability to read deeply, think critically and learn from others - Explore and develop a personal ethics and measures of a life well lived - To conceive their own measure of responsibility from the personal to the societal - Tolerance of disagreement Teaching Methodology To develop critical thinking, students must practice thinking critically. In other words, what we are seeking to develop requires direct engagement by the students rather than lectures. The topics are addressed in a discussion format in groups of 15 students with two moderators per group to set the stage, ask the right questions and guide the discussion. Students are given reading materials to read before each session (from 10 to 15 pages for each module). We meet on Fridays and generally, each module lasts for about three and a half hours. The Fall Sessions: Ethics & Philosophy The Fall Sessions cover the following topics in Ethics over four modules: - First Module: What is a Just Society? And, Who Decides? - Second Module: The sources of Ethics: Psychology, Religion/Culture and Rationality - Third Module: Who is a Moral Person? Kant and Utilitarianism - Fourth Module: Essay and Discussion The Spring Sessions The Spring Sessions cover the following topics: - Economics and Development - A Study of History - Personal Development - Guest Lecture & Town Hall Aitchison Dialectic Team 2025 Name | Class Year | Under Graduate | Graduate | Organization | Title Ali Ahsan | 1995 | Economics Harvard (1999) | Law-JD Yale (2002) | Renaissance Advisors | Managing Partner Akbar Ayub Khan | 1993 | MBA LUMS (1998) | Vizpro | CEO Arif Saeed | 1985 | PPE Oxford (1989) | Servis Group | Chairman Asim Saeed | 1998 | Econ + IR Brown (2002) | MS Intl Finance LSE 2003 | Private Investor Bilal Ahsan Malik | 1997 | Political Science Amherst College (2001) | Education Harvard-PhD (2014) | LUMS | Professor Kamil Chima | 2011 | Harvard (2015) | Nehr Ghar Films | Filmmaker Muhammad Hussain Syed | Oxford (1985) | Law-LLB Lincolns Inn | Private Investor Munawar Cheema | 1984 | Elec. Engg.+Econ Columbia (1989) | MS Electrical Eng. Columbia (1991) | Private Investor Nabeel Sarwar | 1982 | Cambridge (1986) | Masters Harvard Nadeem Babar | 1981 | Econ.+Civil Eng. Columbia (1987) | Construction Management Stanford (1988) | National Group | Chairman Omar Khayyam Sheikh | 1982 | Economics Columbia (1987) | EMBA LUMS (2005) | Hadayat & Co. | CEO Omar Zafarullah | 1989 | Yale (1994) | EMBA LUMS (2005) | Private Investor Osman Khalid Waheed | 1989 | Economics Harvard (1993) | Ferozsons Labs | CEO Salik Malik | 1983 | Mech. Engg. MIT (1989) | Private Investor Salman Akhtar | 1984 | Elect. Engineering MIT (1989) | MS Elect. Engineering MIT (1992) | Techlogix | CEO Salman Akram Raja | 1984 | Economics Cambridge (1988) | LLM Harvard (1999) | Raja Akram & Associates | Managing Partner Shujaat Nadeem | 1982 | Elect. Engineering MIT (1987) | PhD Electrical Eng. MIT (1993) | Private Investor

Meta Cognition - AC Dialectic

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Name	Class Year	Under Graduate	Graduate	Organization	Title
Ali Ahsan	1995	Economics Harvard (1999)	Law-JD Yale (2002)	Renaissance Advisors	Managing Partner
Akbar Ayub Khan	1993		MBA LUMS (1998)	Vizpro	CEO
Arif Saeed	1985	PPE Oxford (1989)		Servis Group	Chairman
Asim Saeed	1998	Econ + IR Brown (2002)	MS Intl Finance LSE 2003		Private Investor
Bilal Ahsan Malik	1997	Political Science Amherst College (2001)	Education Harvard-PhD (2014)	LUMS	Professor
Kamil Chima	2011	Harvard (2015)		Nehr Ghar Films	Filmmaker
Muhammad Hussain Syed		Oxford (1985)	Law-LLB Lincolns Inn		Private Investor
Munawar Cheema	1984	Elec. Engg.+Econ Columbia (1989)	MS Electrical Eng. Columbia (1991)		Private Investor
Nabeel Sarwar	1982	Cambridge (1986)	Masters Harvard