Academic Activism Revisited

Authors

Bas van der Vossen, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-20-2020

Abstract

Academics are, or ought to be, engaged in an impartial search for the truth. Many academics also are, but ought not to be, engaged in political activism. I defend a moral duty for academics to refrain from such activism. Ben Jones’ article in this journal rejects such a duty. This article responds to his objections, thereby more carefully formulating when and why political activism is morally problematic, and what burdens it may imply.

Comments

This is the accepted version of the following article:

van der Vossen, Bas. “Academic Activism Revisited.” Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 37, no. 2, 2020, pp. 249-257.

which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12423. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

Recommended Citation

van der Vossen, Bas. “Academic Activism Revisited.” Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 37, no. 2, 2020, pp. 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12423

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

Society for Applied Philosophy