Dear Vice Chancellor BLM Commitment Plan: whose stalking horse? I write to express my concern about the university’s Statement on Black Lives Matter (BLM) and subsequent BLM Commitment Plan. These strike me as polemics and I dissent from the arguments and policies set out. Let me indulge in my own polemic in response. I note […]
Letter to a Vice-Chancellor by a DDU member No.1
Dear Pro-Vice Chancellor, I’m writing this letter in response to the email you sent out to all students and staff at the university, following the tragic police-killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, in May this year. I am sure you mean well and are only sending out the kind of message currently being delivered in […]
Letter to a Vice-Chancellor by a DDU member No.3
Dear Vice Chancellor, Naturally I wholehearted agree with the general aim of non-discrimination and of treating everybody with fairness, dignity, and humanity. In fact, as a moral philosopher, this has formed a large part of my life’s work. But I work in applied areas, and such laudable goals often fail. In fact, they probably fail […]