![]() ![]() In identifying (mid 2013) new elements certainly appeared across colleges: trigger warnings, microaggression policies, campus dis-invitations (regarding featured speakers) and safe spaces. In fact, candidates for public office actually campaigned stating students were identifying as cats and brining litter boxes to school. ![]() In fact, look at our recently finished mid term elections. However, by setting aside all good intentions, they indicate untruths actually harm students by teaching them the opposite of the basic foundation of wisdom.Īdmittedly, much of this is driven by social media. They also address three specific untruths that are part of a larger philosophy in which students are certainly portrayed as fragile who must be protected and supervised by adults. Jonathan and Greg reveal how the following ideas became established after 2013: students’ feelings are always right, students should avoid pain and discomfort, and finally students should look for faults in others and not themselves. Greg is an author and activist and is currently serving as President of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Jonathan is a social psychologist and professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business and he is focusing on the psychology of morality and moral emotions. ![]()
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