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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · 11d

I thought kings there got their swords from watery tarts.

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · 15d

I agree that what matters most is that faculty are willing to present diverse viewpoints within their disciplines to students and take them seriously. If they do that, their own views matter less. There still might be some utility in having a bit more diversity in the views faculty actually hold.

A Modest Defense of Viewpoint Diversity

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · 17d

Another guest blog post at Academe: academeblog.org/2025/09/26/a...

BY DALE E. MILLER In “Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity,” Professor Lisa Siraganian throws down a gauntlet. After offering “seven theses against viewpoint diversity in any of its guises,” sh…

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks for posting.

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Aug 20

You're doing it wrong.

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · May 3

Shat

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Apr 29

I did hear that Conclave gets wild at the end.

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Apr 24

It shouldn't be happening this way, but would accreditors requiring universities to promote intellectual diversity somehow be worse than their requiring them to promote identity diversity? And would it really involve greater reliance on "quotas"? (For the record, I say promote both.)

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Mar 21

May I suggest a Delorean?

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Mar 9

Trump gets a salary, right?

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Mar 3

I guess they still need to clean the windshield.

What Does It Mean to Teach Divisive Concepts?

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 25

They can spare them.

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 23

Ukraine shouldn't have been dressed that way.

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 16

In light of Friday's "Dear Colleagues" letter, here's something I wrote previously about teaching "divisive concepts." The distinction between two senses in which faculty might teach these concepts is obvious to instructors but is worth stating clearly. academeblog.org/2022/02/23/w...

#academicsky

BY DALE E. MILLER Several states have taken or are considering measures to prohibit the teaching of “divisive concepts.” In my state, Virginia, new governor Glenn Younkin immediately issued Executi…

newrepublic.com/post/191447/...

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 15

Jeff Goldblum as Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 14

The return of the homunculus.

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 12

Trump Just Released a Shady Russian Prisoner

Here’s how Donald Trump really got Marc Fogel free.

newrepublic.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 12

Kremlin Says U.S. Will Release a Russian in American Custody

Moscow said a Russian imprisoned in the U.S. would be freed “in the coming days” after the release of an American schoolteacher.

www.nytimes.com

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 10

A better simile might have been "As sad as you are when a friend asks you to drive them to the airport."

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 9

You might be interested in today's Academe post. It's about the BOV at GMU. Likely you know it all already, though.

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 8

At a university, though, this is subject to the limitation that the views held by faculty are serious by the disciplinary standards. Since there seem to be no serious arguments for doubting the existence of climate change, viewpoint diversity isn't a reason for science departments to hire deniers.

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 8

Here's are two arguments from Mill that suggests that it is: 1) There's value for students in hearing different political perspectives defended by people who hold those perspectives. 2) There's value for scholars in having people around who disagree with them and will challenge their assumptions.

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 8

I should learn to hash mark.

Campus Diversity and the Marketplace of Ideas

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 7

A new post on the AAUP blog Academe. In a nutshell, I argue that if viewpoint diversity is a good reason to favor applicants from marginalized groups (and it is), then it's also a reason to favor candidates who represent other forms of intellectual diversity. academeblog.org/2025/02/07/c...

BY DALE E. MILLER In a recent op-ed in The Hill titled “Our Universities Need Both Free Speech and Diversity Protections to Succeed,” Austin Sarat makes a vital point: “Free speech advocates shoul…

Bigoted Insults, Harm, and the Intentional Infliction of Pain: A Reply to Bell | Utilitas | Cambridge Core

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Feb 2

Please protect our data... government websites are being taken down while "DOGE" seems to be getting access to private data about individual Americans. Congress needs to act.

Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Jan 31

I argue that Millians should regard actions as harmful if they intentionally inflict pain, even if they don’t set back interests. This explains why using slurs is harmful. It also explains why the harm principle permits us to call someone being intentionally irksome a jerk. cu3y.short.gy/uB4DTu

Bigoted Insults, Harm, and the Intentional Infliction of Pain: A Reply to Bell

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Dr. Dale E. Miller @drdaleemiller.bsky.social · Jan 21

I'll remind you of this when you're biking in slush on Friday. :-)