Word: freedom
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Martha Nussbaum, assistant professor of Philosophy, said yesterday she agreed with Bok that a "university should put first its integrity and freedom as a place of education, research and teaching...
...university, Bok states, can only fulfill its "special mission" by ensuring intellectual freedom within its community, immunity from the pressure of outside groups, and financial stability...
...theological and social revolutions of the '60s were especially traumatic for Catholic schools because students wanted freedom from rules and women demanded more active leadership roles. "There were more questions than convictions," Switzer said...
With these two assumptions. Bok seems to maintain an artificial separation of theory and practice. Not only must academic pursuit of knowledge be protected from the field of application, but also, our precious opiate, freedom of opinion and speech "as individuals" (Bok's emphasis), must be protected from the possibility that it might really influence policy...
Throughout his contorted argument, Bok assumes a trade-off between academic freedom and moral freedom. He creates the "real administrative burdens" by his resistance to change and all his apologetic propoganda. Finally he is left with the one remaining issue that rings of truth: real financial losses. And despite his disclaimer, university corporations are individuals under the law. His financial ethic is one of private greed, not public responsibility...