Patrick Keeney
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Patrick Keeney, Ph.D., is an academic and columnist.
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When Language Loses Its Moral Weight
If the terms we use to identify injury are loosened from their moorings, our capacity for judgment is weakened.
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Education Versus Credentialing at Munich
What we are witnessing on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as on both sides of the aisle, is a dangerous and widespread historical and cultural amnesia.
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The University as a Civic Institution: Beyond Means and Metrics
If Canadians care about freedom, they must care about the institutions that cultivate the habits of mind on which freedom depends.
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The Unsettling Truths the Epstein Files Reveal About Power and Privilege
For many, the salient point of the Epstein files is the scandal. I think it is more accurately seen as a disclosure.
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Stolen Land at the Grammys: How Hollywood Groupthink Threatens Democracy
Our public culture rewards juvenile certainty while punishing hesitation, qualification, or good-faith disagreements.
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The Quiet Dignity of Uncertainty
The reigning vice of our age is a smug overconfidence in rendering verdicts, an affliction that affects the left and the right of the political spectrum.
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Buried by Our Own Knowledge: Donald Hebb and the Knowledge Crisis
Science has always depended on a collective judgment that is slow, careful, and selective. That judgment is now swamped.
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When Language Loses Its Moral Weight
If the terms we use to identify injury are loosened from their moorings, our capacity for judgment is weakened.
|
Education Versus Credentialing at Munich
What we are witnessing on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as on both sides of the aisle, is a dangerous and widespread historical and cultural amnesia.
|
The University as a Civic Institution: Beyond Means and Metrics
If Canadians care about freedom, they must care about the institutions that cultivate the habits of mind on which freedom depends.
|
The Unsettling Truths the Epstein Files Reveal About Power and Privilege
For many, the salient point of the Epstein files is the scandal. I think it is more accurately seen as a disclosure.
|
Stolen Land at the Grammys: How Hollywood Groupthink Threatens Democracy
Our public culture rewards juvenile certainty while punishing hesitation, qualification, or good-faith disagreements.
|
The Quiet Dignity of Uncertainty
The reigning vice of our age is a smug overconfidence in rendering verdicts, an affliction that affects the left and the right of the political spectrum.
|
Buried by Our Own Knowledge: Donald Hebb and the Knowledge Crisis
Science has always depended on a collective judgment that is slow, careful, and selective. That judgment is now swamped.
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