The common good is the notion of shared collective responsibility and reciprocity. It's that that we've lost.
The university is the place where the pursuit of truth is taught, the rules for learning how to pursue it are explained, and students begin to unders… - Joan Wallach Scott
The university is the place where the pursuit of truth is taught, the rules for learning how to pursue it are explained, and students begin to unders…
- Joan Wallach Scott
What I mean by the common good is that we understand we're all part of something bigger than ourselves, that we live in societies together and must h… - Joan Wallach Scott
What I mean by the common good is that we understand we're all part of something bigger than ourselves, that we live in societies together and must h…
We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is called the common go… - Joan Wallach Scott
We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is called the common go…
I think the anger that is being directed to universities and so-called elites at universities is actually an anger that's displaced from politicians … - Joan Wallach Scott
I think the anger that is being directed to universities and so-called elites at universities is actually an anger that's displaced from politicians …
I think what is being pointed out by African-Americans is that from slavery forward they have been living in a supposed democracy which treats them a… - Joan Wallach Scott
I think what is being pointed out by African-Americans is that from slavery forward they have been living in a supposed democracy which treats them a…
I think there is a disrespect for the mind that Trump, for example, exemplifies. His is a kind of strategic thinking that's more about shrewdness tha… - Joan Wallach Scott
I think there is a disrespect for the mind that Trump, for example, exemplifies. His is a kind of strategic thinking that's more about shrewdness tha…
Freedom of speech is about expressing your opinion, however bad or good, however right or wrong, and being able to defend it and argue it and be argu… - Joan Wallach Scott
Freedom of speech is about expressing your opinion, however bad or good, however right or wrong, and being able to defend it and argue it and be argu…
If the students don't want to learn about evolution, they shouldn't be in the course. A biology course that teaches creationism is not a science cour… - Joan Wallach Scott
If the students don't want to learn about evolution, they shouldn't be in the course. A biology course that teaches creationism is not a science cour…
The reason you go to university is to be taught, is to learn how to think more clearly, to call into question the ideas that you came with and think … - Joan Wallach Scott
The reason you go to university is to be taught, is to learn how to think more clearly, to call into question the ideas that you came with and think …
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