preparation for life following, 8–9
productive disagreement in, 258–60
regulations at, 192, 200–203, 211–12
and responding to pressure campaigns and outrage, 256–57
retraction demands at, 103–4, 107–8, 121
safe spaces and, 26–31, 96, 145, 210, 259
safetyism at, 12, 24–26, 96–97, 125, 145–46, 148, 195–212, 268; see also safetyism
school spirit at, 260
social class and, 174, 176
speakers at, 6, 27, 47–51, 87, 199
suggestions for, 253–62
trigger warnings and, 6–7, 24, 28, 29, 31, 145, 210
trust between professors and students at, 205–6, 212
truth and, 253–55, 268
wisdom and, 253–62
University of California, 197
Berkeley, 12, 81–87, 90, 94, 120
Los Angeles, 92
University of Central Florida, 207
University of Chicago, 119, 251, 253, 268
Chicago Statement on Principles of Free Expression, 255–56, 268, 279–81
University of Cincinnati, 203
University of Connecticut, 202
University of Iowa, 136–37
University of Michigan, 184, 207
University of Missouri, 11
University of Northern Colorado, 205–6
University of Oregon, 92
University of Pennsylvania, 107, 108
University of Virginia, 12, 188, 223–27
University of West Alabama, 202
Unsafe at Any Speed (Nader), 24
us versus them; good people versus evil, 3–4, 14, 53–77, 85, 90, 92, 119–20, 132, 177, 206, 243–44, 247, 259–60
see also groups
vaccination, 21
Valenti, Jessica, 26–27
Venker, Suzanne, 49
victimhood culture, 209–10
victimization, 41–42, 46, 57, 126
viewpoint diversity, 11, 109, 112–13, 121, 248, 258
vindictive protectiveness, 10, 235
violence, 81–98
definition of, 85–86
words as, 84–86, 89, 94–98, 145, 158
Virginia Rowing Association, 223
virtue signaling, 73
vulnerability, culture of, 209, 210
see also fragility
Wall Street Journal, 222
Walsh, Adam, 165–66
Walsh, John, 166
Ward, Douglas Turner, 114
War on Cops, The (Mac Donald), 88
Washington Post, 93, 199
Wax, Amy, 107–8, 121, 126
Weinstein, Bret, 114–19, 127, 133
“what if” questions, 278
Where You Go Is Not Who You Will Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania (Bruni), 190
white genocide, 135, 136
white nationalists and white supremacists, 12, 86, 87, 89–91, 94, 135, 136, 139, 140, 266
Will, George, 48
William & Mary, 92
Williams College, 49–50
Wilson, E. O., 7
wisdom, 1–15
children and, 235–51
societies and, 263–69
universities and, 253–62
witch hunts, 99–121
crimes against collective in, 101, 119
fear of defending the accused in, 102, 106–7, 119
four properties of, 101–2, 119, 120
retraction demands and, 103–4, 107–8, 121
in Salem, 99–100
as sudden outbursts, 110, 119
trivial or fabricated charges in, 102, 106, 119
Wood, Zachary, 49, 50
words:
choice of, 54–55, 102–3, 105–6
as violence, 84–86, 89, 94–98, 145, 158
World War II, 57, 92, 110, 130
Yale University, 11, 55–57, 61, 102, 120, 165, 189, 253
Yiannopoulos, Milo, 48, 50, 81–85, 95, 97, 120
YouTube, 55, 130
Ziblatt, Daniel, 131
Zimmer, Robert, 251
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About the Authors
Greg Lukianoff is the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Lukianoff is a graduate of American University and Stanford Law School. He specializes in free speech and First Amendment issues in higher education. He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate and Freedom From Speech.
Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He obtained his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, and then taught at the University of Virginia for 16 years. He is the author of The Righteous Mind and The Happiness Hypothesis.
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