Dr. Dale E. Miller
@drdaleemiller.bsky.social
I'm a philosopher who works mostly on J. S. Mill and on topics that Mill wrote on, e.g., individual freedom, democracy, and utilitarian ethics. My views are not necessarily those of my employer.
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Some element of comparison is inevitable. The point of an accommodation is that students with disabilities get more time than students w/o. If students w/o routinely get "extra" time, students with either get even more or there is no accommodation. And the real losers are the honest students w/o.
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Some element of comparison is inevitable. The point of an accommodation is that students with disabilities get more time than students w/o. If students w/o routinely get "extra" time, students with either get even more or there is no accommodation. And the real losers are the honest students w/o.
If students who don't need accommodations get them, doesn't that harm the students who do need them? Many tests are graded on curves, implicitly or explicitly. If a student w/o a disability gets a higher grade because they had more time, grade of student w/ disability may be lowered.
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If students who don't need accommodations get them, doesn't that harm the students who do need them? Many tests are graded on curves, implicitly or explicitly. If a student w/o a disability gets a higher grade because they had more time, grade of student w/ disability may be lowered.
I wonder to what extent these changes reflect changes in what gets called liberal, far left, etc., as opposed to changes in the respondents' politics. In a world where Republicans describe all Democrats as radical leftists, some Democrats may be internalizing that label.
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I wonder to what extent these changes reflect changes in what gets called liberal, far left, etc., as opposed to changes in the respondents' politics. In a world where Republicans describe all Democrats as radical leftists, some Democrats may be internalizing that label.
Apparently he doesn't even have time to follow the news.
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Apparently he doesn't even have time to follow the news.
This could be read as implying that the Prize winners have inflated findings and/or blocked others' research. Maybe they have---I don't know---but maybe they also do the hard work, day in and day out, albeit sometimes with more resources than most.
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This could be read as implying that the Prize winners have inflated findings and/or blocked others' research. Maybe they have---I don't know---but maybe they also do the hard work, day in and day out, albeit sometimes with more resources than most.
Premature antifascism
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Premature antifascism
I injected some Mill into their blog recently: academeblog.org/2025/09/26/a...
A Modest Defense of Viewpoint Diversity
BY DALE E. MILLER In “Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity,” Professor Lisa Siraganian throws down a gauntlet. After offering “seven theses against viewpoint diversity in any of its guises,” sh…
academeblog.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I injected some Mill into their blog recently: academeblog.org/2025/09/26/a...
I thought kings there got their swords from watery tarts.
October 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I thought kings there got their swords from watery tarts.
I agree that what matters most is that faculty are willing to present diverse viewpoints within their disciplines to students and take them seriously. If they do that, their own views matter less. There still might be some utility in having a bit more diversity in the views faculty actually hold.
September 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I agree that what matters most is that faculty are willing to present diverse viewpoints within their disciplines to students and take them seriously. If they do that, their own views matter less. There still might be some utility in having a bit more diversity in the views faculty actually hold.
Thanks for posting.
September 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thanks for posting.
You're doing it wrong.
August 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
You're doing it wrong.
I did hear that Conclave gets wild at the end.
April 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I did hear that Conclave gets wild at the end.
It shouldn't be happening this way, but would accreditors requiring universities to promote intellectual diversity somehow be worse than their requiring them to promote identity diversity? And would it really involve greater reliance on "quotas"? (For the record, I say promote both.)
April 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It shouldn't be happening this way, but would accreditors requiring universities to promote intellectual diversity somehow be worse than their requiring them to promote identity diversity? And would it really involve greater reliance on "quotas"? (For the record, I say promote both.)
May I suggest a Delorean?
March 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
May I suggest a Delorean?
Trump gets a salary, right?
March 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Trump gets a salary, right?
I guess they still need to clean the windshield.
March 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I guess they still need to clean the windshield.
They can spare them.
February 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
They can spare them.
Ukraine shouldn't have been dressed that way.
February 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Ukraine shouldn't have been dressed that way.
Jeff Goldblum as Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon
February 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jeff Goldblum as Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon
The return of the homunculus.
February 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The return of the homunculus.
