Free Inquiry. A Human Condition

• Autores: Bob Kerrey
• Localización: Social research: An international quarterly of the social sciences, ISSN 0037-783X, Nº. 3, 2009 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Free inquiry at Risk: universities in dangerous times, part II), págs. 845-848
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Free and open inquiry is a human condition�it is established, maintained, and protected by humans. It is not a natural force that we can harness, nor a natural right that we inherit, nor is it a natural resource that we can mine. I believe that free inquiry is essential to the development of mankind, and I also believe academic freedom and the protection of academic freedom are essential. This paper elaborates upon these thoughts and outlines some of the risks to free inquiry.