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Academic freedom: History trumps questionnaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

James R. Flynn
James R. Flynn*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Studies, University of Otago, Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Abstract

The fact that a right is unlikely to be exercised by most members of a group does not mean it has lost its social and justice-defending utility. Current attitudes can be revealed by a questionnaire, but the value of a tradition must be assessed in the light of history. Historically, academic freedom and tenure are inseparable and mutually reinforcing.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 575 - 576
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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