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NY Law School Professors Penelope Andrews and Nadine Strossen Speak at HS Assembly About Free Speech

Nadine Strossen and Penelope Andrews, professors at New York Law School, spoke via Zoom to Dalton High School students about free speech, open inquiry, ideological differences, and social justice during this Tuesday’s assembly.
During Tuesday’s assembly, the two discussed their guiding principles and responded to questions from the students.

“As far back as I can remember, my lodestar principle has been that all of us are entitled to full and equal human rights, no matter who we are or what we believe,” Strossen said.  “I have also strived to be open-minded, fully agreeing with the great judge Learned Hand that ‘the spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right."
 
“My guiding principle has been derived from ubuntu, an African philosophy that emphasizes the essential human virtues of compassion and our shared humanity,” said Andrews. “Therefore, for me, the guiding principles essential for our engagement and dialogue must be empathy and trust.”
 
Andrews also fondly recalled an invitation she received to visit the School in the early 1990s from Dalton student activists during the final years of apartheid in South Africa.

About the Speakers:
Nadine Strossen bio | Penelope Andrews bio
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