Both Ungar and Scheuer believe that liberal arts education is the way to go. First and foremost, they push the idea that liberal arts is far more inclusive than the name suggests.  Ungar states that, “The liberal arts encompass the broadest possible range of disciplines in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. In fact, the historical basis of a liberal education is in the classical artes liberales, comprising the trivium (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music).” Similarly, Scheuer states that, ““One [definition of liberal arts], typified by America’s liberal arts colleges, embraces the ideal of the integrated curriculum, encompassing virtually all nonprofessional higher learning, from the natural and social sciences to the humanities and the performing arts”. Both men believe it is of paramount importance that people understand that with such an all encompassing education comes a more well-rounded and flexible employee. 

They also believe that the liberal arts education prepares students to be active and intelligent citizens.  Scheuer claims that, “The liberal arts have traditionally been defended as instrumental to two key elements of democracy: critical thinking and citizenship. Such arguments are indeed compelling, once it is clear what we mean by those complex notions. (Another feature of the liberal mind is that it doesn’t shrink from complexity.) Citizenship, first of all, isn’t just a political notion in the ordinary sense. Like the term liberal arts, it’s more comprehensive and systemic: a social ecology involving a range of activities symbiotic with democratic communities.” He says that with this education, students will be more ready to face the harsh truth of politics and will be able be mor inclusive and considerate community members. Ungar thinks similarly stating, “…because of its inclusiveness and its respect for classical traditions, the liberal arts could properly be described as a conservative approach to preparation for life. It promotes the idea of listening to all points of view and not relying on a single ideology, and examining all approaches to solving a problem rather than assuming that one technique or perspective has all the answers”.  To both men it makes sense that this teaching of critical thinking in addition to the well roundedness will lead to a more level headed and preferable government.