hi Karl
Yes we can agree. Now let's take a crack at what the term, "benefits the
public" means. My wife is a health care professional, for example, and she
and some in the profession may have a different idea of public good than
some others, for example.
Can you provide an operational definition and some examples
tom
tom abeles
>From: Karl Rogers <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Group concerned that academia should seek and promote wisdom
> <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: research at the university
>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:13:54 +0000
>
>Tom,
>
> Sure, as you say the devil lies in the details, but could we not agree
>that one of the purposes of publicly funded university research should be
>to benefit the public?
>
> Karl.
>
>
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