1. Will We Ratify the Constitution of Knowledge?
- Author
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Cullen, Daniel
- Subjects
Freedom of speech -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Research ,Constitutional law -- Research ,Academic freedom -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Research ,Knowledge, Theory of -- Research ,Teaching, Freedom of -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Research ,Government regulation ,Law ,Political science - Abstract
The commitment to free speech and academic freedom or, more comprehensively, to what Jonathan Rauch calls 'the constitution of knowledge' is not compatible with 'inclusion' as the latter is understood in administrative initiatives on its behalf. But a reconciliation comes into view once we pose the naive question: 'Inclusion in what?' The answer proffered here is: an academic community of inquirers, inclusion in which is as expansive as possible but for reasons independent of identity. Parsing the meanings of free speech and academic freedom brings the impersonal character of academic community into the foreground and clarifies the ethical demands associated with free inquiry., TABLE OF CONTENTS I. RECONCILING FREE SPEECH AND INCLUSION 959 II. FREE SPEECH VERSUS FREE EXPRESSION 961 III. THE VIRTUES OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KNOWLEDGE 963 IV. THE CONSTITUTION OF [...]
- Published
- 2022