Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ524674
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0190-2946
EISSN: N/A
We Need a New Interpretation of Academic Freedom. Academic Freedom and the Future of the University Lecture Series.
Dworkin, Ronald
Academe, v82 n3 p10-15 May-Jun 1996
New challenges to the old ideal of academic freedom suggest that its traditional defense is inadequate, and must be connected to the ideal of ethical individualism. Compromises to academic freedom and freedom of speech generally should involve the distinction between doing deliberate harm to others, which is not protected, and some perceived right to be spared insult, even unintentionally. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, Individualism, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A