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Academic freedom under siege
Nancy S Jecker1,2,3, Marcel Verweij4, Vardit Ravitsky5
1Department of Bioethics & Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA nsjecker@uw.edu.
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This paper describes a global pattern of declining academic freedom, often driven by powerful political interference with core functions of academic communities. It argues that countering threats to academic freedom requires doubling down on ethics, specifically standards of justice and fairness in pursuing knowledge and assigning warrant to beliefs. Using the example of the selection of a Qatari university to host the 2024 World Congress of Bioethics, the authors urge fairness towards diverse groups over time and efforts to counter injustices that conferences generate.
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