評論
打印
As a former chairman of Johns Hopkins
作為約翰霍普金斯大學前任主席
I strongly believe that a university's obligation
我堅信一所大學的職責
is not to teach students what to think but to teach students how to think
并不是教學生思考什么 而是教學生如何思考
And that requires listening to the other side
這就需要傾聽不同意見
weighing arguments without prejudging them
不帶偏見地衡量各種觀點
and determining whether the other side might actually make some fair points
冷靜思考不同意見中是否也有可取的內容
If the faculty fails to do this
如果教職員工做不到這一點
then it is the responsibility of the administration and governing body
學校管理者就有責任介入
to step in and make it a priority
優先解決這一問題
If they do not, if students graduate with ears and minds closed
否則的話 學生畢業時就會封閉自己的耳朵和思維
the university has failed both the student and society
大學也就辜負了學生和社會的信任
And if you want to know where that leads, look no further than Washington, DC
如果想知道這會導致什么 看看華盛頓就知道了
Down in Washington, every major question facing our country
在華盛頓 我國面臨的所有重大問題
involving our security, our economy, our environment, and our health is decided
包括國家安全 經濟 環境 醫療等問題
Yet the two parties decide those questions not by engaging with one another
兩黨在處理所有這些問題時 都沒有考慮協作
but by trying to shout each other down
而是看誰聲音更大 以此壓倒對方
and by trying to repress and undermine research that counters their ideology
試圖抑制和破壞同自己意識形態不相符的調研結果
The more our universities emulate that model
大學對這種模式模仿得越多
the worse off we will be as a society
我們的社會就會變得越糟糕
And let me give you a few examples
我來舉一些例子
For decades, Congress has barred the Centers for Disease Control
數十年來 國會都禁止疾病控制中心
from conducting studies of gun violence
進行槍支暴力的研究
and recently Congress also placed that prohibition on the National Institute of Health
最近 國會又對國立衛生研究院頒布禁令
You have to ask yourself: What are they afraid of?
你需要問問自己 他們在害怕什么
This year
今年
the Senate has delayed a vote on President Obama's nominee for Surgeon General
參議院延遲對奧巴馬總統提名的衛生局局長
Dr. Vivek Murthy, a Harvard physician
哈佛內科醫師維維克?莫西 進行投票
because he had the audacity to say that
原因僅僅是 他竟敢說
gun violence is a public health crisis that should be tackled
槍支暴力是一大應當處理的公共衛生危機
The gall of him
他真是太大膽了
