This article made me think.
Philosopher @epicciuto explores how much public figures are responsible for violence they didn't order or directly ask for.
One good takeaway: there isn't a set amount of moral responsibility to divvy up.https://arcdigital.media/who-is-responsible-for-political-violence-57acd9bc6083?source=friends_link&sk=27957ef78b647bbc8fe4ce7e29a3fb80 …
Professors, especially at public universities, are public figures. Very few are prominent public figures.
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Who's at the front of the class? How many students will pass before them? How in depth is their engagement as opposed to that of the guy on TV? Which lends authority to claims? Now, how many people do you have to influence to create an act of terrorism? One? Five? Even a dozen?
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I do think a professor might in theory be partly responsible in a given situation. My focus in this piece was on people who had no personal interactions with a perpetrator.
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