The Demise of the Logic of Moral Reasoning

   . Samuel J. Abrams is a Professor of Politics at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York. Dr. Abrams wrote an op-ed article published in the New York Times Opinion section that appeared in October 2018.  Dr. Abrams’ article was motivated as he says, by an email he received from a staff member of the Sarah Lawrence College Office of Diversity and Campus Engagement.

   The email according to Dr. Abrams, sought input from the college community for topics of discussion during an upcoming conference titled “Our Liberation Summit.” It was revealed that the conference would include discussion about “liberation spaces on campus, Black Lives Matter and justice for women as well as for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and allied people.” 

   As a result of this initial email, Dr. Abrams began to look into other activities that the Sarah Lawrence College administration was coordinating and soon learned that the Office of Student Affairs seemed to be in lock-step with the Office of Diversity and Campus Engagement, by offering such progressive events as “Stay Healthy, Stay Woke,” “Microaggressions,” and an event pandering to the current darling of all leftist subjects, “Understanding White Privilege.” 

   Did I mention that Dr. Abrams happens to be a conservative-leaning professor? He is qu ...