In a philosophical mood, Congress debates freedom of speech on campus
WASHINGTON — Only the cheap beer was missing. Like a classic college bull session, Tuesday’s hearing on free speech in higher education included some rancor, some laughter and more than a little intellectual showboating. There were allusions to the severe ethical code of Immanuel Kant and a debate about classifying the economist Adam Smith as a liberal or conservative, which was settled by one of the witnesses called to testify at the hearing, Princeton legal scholar Robert P. George: liberal, but of the classical variety. It was a newer, ...
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