Jonathan Haidt is Wrong: Truth and Social Justice are Compatible in the University
<p>When universities commit to both truth and social justice, do they betray their purpose, their <em>telos</em>? <a href="https://jonathanhaidt.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Haidt</a> thinks they do. He said so at Duke University on October 6, 2016. His lecture, which bears the unwieldy title “How two incompatible sacred values are driving conflict and confusion in American universities,” is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gatn5ameRr8&t=17s" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a> and has garnered nearly a half million views.</p>
<p>According to Haidt, before about 1990 things went well for the search for truth. But then universities got confused about their purpose. When the “Greatest Generation” retired, the professoriate became more politically homogeneous. Nowadays “The social justice agenda” has eclipsed “viewpoint diversity” which makes the search for truth impossible. Haidt concludes his lecture with these words: “Only if you commit to truth can you achieve justice.” The former leads to the latter: it’s a one-way street.</p>
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