Academic debate doesn't occur in some sort of bubble, magically insulated from its moral effects. We don't get a pass from duty to others.https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/844724325617876992 …
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Academia wishes it was the one place insulated from the moral effects of supporting hideous views, and it is not.
Clarify? Do you think academia's truth-seeking should follow the latest ideological fashions about what's 'good'?
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I think academics are morally responsible for the consequences of their speech, just like anyone else.
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Who's to guess at the diffuse, long-term 'moral consequences' of any given idea? Whoever is most easily offended?
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