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Nigel Biggar

Quillette Podcast 33 – Professor Nigel Biggar on Academic Outrage Mobs, What Motivates Them and How to Fight Back

Toby Young interviews Nigel Biggar on academic outrage mobs, their motives, and ways to protect free speech at universities.

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Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford.
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Toby Young talks to Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford, about his experience of being mobbed by his colleagues. They discuss what motivates academic outrage mobs and what can be done to defend free speech at British and American universities.

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Nigel Biggar

Nigel Biggar is Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and author of ‘In Defence of War’ (2013) and ‘What’s Wrong with Rights?’ (2020)

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Toby Young

Toby Young is a British journalist, author, and free-speech advocate. He is the founder and general secretary of the Free Speech Union and writes on politics, culture, education, and civil liberties.

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