Can America’s Universities Survive the Cancel Wars? A Discussion with Author Sigal R. Ben-Porath
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In today’s charged political environment, fear of social and professional consequences for disagreeing openly with the dominant in-group orthodoxy keeps people from expressing their thoughts and debating ideas. This can be particularly damaging at a university, the very institution whose mission is to test ideas, even those considered taboo.
In Cancel Wars: How Universities Can Foster Free Speech, Promote Inclusion, and Renew Democracy, Professor Ben-Porath argues that this chilling of debate and inquiry is a symptom of the erosion of democratic norms.
Please join us for a discussion of Professor Ben-Porath’s book and the questions it raises about how universities may foster open inquiry, restore civic trust, and strengthen our pluralistic democracy.
Register to receive a 30% discount code for the book.
Featured Participants
Sigal R. Ben-Porath
Professor of Education, Philosophy, and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
@SigalBenPorath
Daniel Cullen
Professor of Philosophy, Rhodes College and Member, BPC Academic Leaders Task Force on Campus Free Expression
Moderated by:
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Director, Campus Free Expression Project, BPC
@JPfefferMerrill
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