You can only tackle threats to free speech while you still have free speech. At what point does it constitute a crisis? Opinions differ. She doesn't want to be tagged right now because working but you should look up Helen Pluckrose's work on this. (She did surveys & got numbers).
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Sure thing. In general, I would say that professors have a particular responsibility to expose their students to good (if not also controversial) ideas. Free speech just for the sake of it really doesn't match with the mission of the university.
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No, nothing should be done just for the sake of it. But bad ideas are important. Both in order to understand history & sociology & in order to learn how to counter them. Also, we should push the boundaries of free speech to ensure they don't start constricting...
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Sure: as long as they are presented as bad ideas. Creationism is worth discussing but creationists have no place lecturing in the university.
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Replying to @DeTabachnick @IonaItalia and
They really need to be presented by people who think they are good ideas. Can't just spoonfeed students 'Here is a bad idea and this is why it is bad.' That's not teaching them to pinpoint & challenge the problems in potentially dangerous ideas & we'll need people who can do that
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Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia and
Sure you can. If I teach about the way the fascists used Nietzsche, I can certainly present it as a degradation.
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Replying to @DeTabachnick @IonaItalia and
You could present it any way you wanted and your students, who have been encouraged to regard you as an authority and also want to pass, would be likely to accept that. Can you not see the potential problem with that?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia and
No. I very much encourage my students to disagree and provide alternative interpretations.
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Replying to @DeTabachnick @IonaItalia and
That's good if you also ask them to think of arguments in favour and tell them any they have missed and have them pick them apart. Not as good as the real thing but closer. Can you trust all your colleagues to do this?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia and
I trust my colleagues. Of course, it depends on the subject: chemistry generally doesn't need alternative formulas.
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They hold generally the same views as you? There aren't any who would provide an interpretation you wouldn't agree with?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia and
Of course they have different views. I am making a practical point about the classroom.
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