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Chicago Philosopher Calls Out U of M General Counsel on "a quite brazen attack on academic freedom"

In a post on his widely read philosophy blog, Chicago law and philosophy Professor Brian Leiter calls for leadership from the president in curtailing the actions of the General Counsel

April 29, 2011 at 11:37AM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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I have earlier written about this matter. See University of Minnesota General Counsel: Is Defamation Protected by Academic Freedom for some background.

Since that post there have been further reactions to the situation at Minnesota, including articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, and the Bioethics Forum at the Hastings Center.

The time for weary negligence in this matter has long passed.

Today a nationally respected professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Chicago posted a strongly worded piece on his widely read blog, Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog.

From his post:

The University of Minnesota Clinical Trials Fiasco and the Apparent Attempt to Silence Faculty Critics