Kanelos: Productive dialogue requires intellectual humility, human dignity, and passion for truth
Pano Kanelos · Joe Lonsdale and Pano Kanelos on Building a New World-Class University · Joe Lonsdale · Feb 10, 2022 · at 11:01
Pano Kanelos, president of the University of Austin (UATX), explains the core philosophical pillars needed to establish healthy civil discourse in higher education.
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“So if you have a passion for truth, you're truth seeking but you recognize your limitations and you recognize the dignity of everybody that's involved in conversation, you set the preconditions there for productive dialogue.”
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