Diverse Viewpoints, One Truth
Lots of people are committed to the intellectual value of diversity, especially when it comes to elevating the voices of those in the minority. At the same time, lots of…
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Viewpoint Diversity
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Civilisational Guilt and the Paradox of Tolerance
“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance,” writes Karl Popper in his 1945 masterwork, The Open Society and its Enemies. Liberals’ blindness to the implications of this paradox…
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Hobbes, Locke and Mill: In Defence of Tolerance
The traditional liberal call that we should extend tolerance to our opponents has been replaced by a demand for recognition and acceptance that is paradoxically intolerant towards those who do…
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The Need for Political Diversity in Professional Health Education
The class activity started well. The students were genuinely engaged. We had just finished our annual cultural simulation in our school’s “Care of Diverse Populations” course. Students were divided into…
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Intersectional Feminism Precludes Epistemic Humility
In an earlier blog post for Heterodox Academy, I argued that the reason why elite intellectual venues (i.e. universities and print media) are often hostile to conservatives has more to…
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