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Kindly Inquisitors

Book • 2013

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Matt Welch as a book inspired by Jimmy Carter's op-ed on Salman Rushdie.

Mentioned by Anne Wilson when discussing speech suppression and its impact on moral progress.

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Drew Perkins as a big influence, particularly for his book setting out how we understand what is true and not true.

Mentioned by Lawrence Krauss as an early book discussing attacks on science due to political correctness.

Recommended by Nico Perrino as a book about free expression.

Mentioned by Iona Italia as one of Jonathan Rauch 's books she has personally read and highly recommends.

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Jonathan Rauch as the book he was embarking on at 29 when the fatwa against Salman Rushdie occurred.

Recommended by Conor Friedersdorf for its treatment of free speech and its role in knowledge generation.

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Greg Lukianoff for his argument on liberal science in 'Kindly Inquisitors'.

Jonathan Rauch mentions writing a book about individual ethics and the attacks on free thought.

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