James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian: Social Justice is a Mind Virus
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Challenging Social Justice Paradigms
This chapter critically examines social justice as a movement seeking to replace liberal structures with ideologies grounded in critical theory. It discusses the tensions between this ideology and concepts like freedom of speech, while exploring how truth is viewed as a power construct rather than an objective reality. Furthermore, the influence of postmodern thought and the implications for scientific truth in the context of social justice are analyzed, alongside historical examples and contemporary shifts in disciplines such as engineering.
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