Hi Naomi,
I always get worried when I hear academics (including me) talking about "social justice". All too often, that has become a signifier for "institute MY version of reality" - a version I often disagree with. Maybe I've just spent too much time hanging out with Parlour Pink Marxists (who dominate my university), but I find that academics are the LAST people I want to see running a society.
"Cloistered"? The perfect term for it! Then again, it's not really surprising since most of Western academia comes out of schools run by the Church.
David point to some excellent examples but there is one other thing that we do, whether you like it or not. We can and, IMO SHOULD, act as a "conscience" for social actions.
Cheers,
Marc
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