![]() But the intensity of conflict has grown since then, at the same time as the political diversity of the professoriate was plummeting, and at the same time as American cross-partisan hostility was rising. The conflicts seemed manageable in the 1990s. But can any institution or profession have two teloses (or teloi)? What happens if they conflict?Īs a social psychologist who studies morality, I have watched these two teloses come into conflict increasingly often during my 30 years in the academy. But increasingly, many of America’s top universities are embracing social justice as their telos, or as a second and equal telos. The most obvious answer is “truth” - the word appears on so many university crests. The telos of a physician is health or healing. ![]() If we turn our backs on them, we turn our backs on Christ.Aristotle often evaluated a thing with respect to its “telos” – its purpose, end, or goal. The outcasts, those who are rejected, the unloved, prisoners, alcoholics, the dying, those who are alone and abandoned, the marginalized, the untouchables and lepers…, those in doubt and confusion, those who have not been touched by the light of Christ, those starving for the word and peace of God, sad and afflicted souls…, those who are a burden to society, who have lost all hope and faith in life, who have forgotten how to smile and no longer know what it means to receive a little human warmth, a gesture of love and friendship – all of them, they turn to us to receive a little bit of comfort. They are sick and need medical attention, but also a helping hand and welcoming smile. ![]() The poor have no shelter and need shelters made of bricks, but also of a joyful heart, compassionate and full of love. ![]() The poor are naked and need clothing, but also need human dignity and compassion for those who sin. ”The poor are thirsty for water but also for peace, truth and justice. ![]()
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