Texas A&M Bans Plato

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If one accepts the university rule, adopted in November, that bans the teaching of “race and gender ideology,” Plato joins a long list of prominent thinkers whose ideas might be deemed corrupting to youth and therefore subject to censorship…. The real problem is the absurd policy imposed by the Board of Regents. There is no state law that requires us to censor Plato. The policy could be dropped tomorrow if they chose to do so—and I very much hope they will.

Texas A&M Bans Plato (further updates) - Daily Nous

Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary...

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Texas A&M University is no longer a real university​

Texas A&M, engaging in a kind of anticipatory obedience in response to laws enacted by the Texas Taliban in the legislature and executive orders by the Governor, came up with rules that guaranteed there would be a massive violation of the academic freedom rights of faculty. And, indeed, there has been. Professor Peterson kindly shared the response to the syllabus from his Chair, philosopher Kristi Sweet:

Greetings Dr. Peterson,

Thank you for your email. The College leadership team and I have discussed your syllabus and the Provost office’s requirements for compliance with the new system rule 08.01. You have two options going forward:

1. You may mitigate your course content to remove the modules on race ideology and gender ideology, and the Plato readings that may include these.

Texas A&M University is no longer a real university

Martin Peterson, a very prominent philosopher at Texas A&M (an expert in decision theory and cognate topics), is slated to teach “Contemporary Moral Issues,” a standard undergraduat…

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