Kudos to PAW and Mark F. Bernstein ’83 for the engaging interview of Professors Robert P. George and Cornel West *80 (cover story, Dec. 7). Although I don’t find myself in complete sympathy with the political and philosophical positions of either of these two men, I applaud their rejection of simplistic notions of “safe spaces” at an institution designed, as Cornel West memorably puts it, to “thoroughly unsettle people.” I envy the Princeton students privileged to witness and participate in the debates of these two lively thinkers.
Kudos to PAW and Mark F. Bernstein ’83 for the engaging interview of Professors Robert P. George and Cornel West *80 (cover story, Dec. 7). Although I don’t find myself in complete sympathy with the political and philosophical positions of either of these two men, I applaud their rejection of simplistic notions of “safe spaces” at an institution designed, as Cornel West memorably puts it, to “thoroughly unsettle people.” I envy the Princeton students privileged to witness and participate in the debates of these two lively thinkers.