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This is not to say that there are not bad actors in the disciplines they were criticizing. I believe there are, and I believe they do have political ends that go far beyond the scope of what a university’s mission should be, and I believe their actions — engaging in political activism via disingenuous scholarship — is incredibly dangerous and damaging to society. But this is a different question, and requires a different kind of criticism than what went on here. What we need, is another Allan Bloom. Not another Alan Sokal. This is not to say that there are not bad actors in the disciplines they were criticizing. I believe there are, and I believe they do have political ends that go far beyond the scope of what a university’s mission should be, and I believe their actions — engaging in political activism via disingenuous scholarship — is incredibly dangerous and damaging to society. But this is a different question, and requires a different kind of criticism than what went on here. What we need, is another Allan Bloom. Not another Alan Sokal.
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[^1]: [Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship](https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/) [^1]: [Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship](https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/)
[^2]: [The Conceptual Penis](https://www.skeptic.com/downloads/conceptual-penis/23311886.2017.1330439.pdf) [^2]: [The Conceptual Penis](https://www.skeptic.com/downloads/conceptual-penis/23311886.2017.1330439.pdf)
[^3]: [Huffington Post, “There Are Far More Title IX Investigations Of Colleges Than Most People Know”](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/title-ix-investigations-sexual-harassment_us_575f4b0ee4b053d433061b3d?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5odWZmaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jby51ay8&guce_referrer_cs=K_NU7r1gsA603M54Ry7p3w) [^3]: [Huffington Post, “There Are Far More Title IX Investigations Of Colleges Than Most People Know”](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/title-ix-investigations-sexual-harassment_us_575f4b0ee4b053d433061b3d?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5odWZmaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jby51ay8&guce_referrer_cs=K_NU7r1gsA603M54Ry7p3w)

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In a [previous post](http://philosophy.gmgauthier.com/plato-versus-mill-on-the-pleasure-principle-mill-loses/), I outlined some significant differences between Mill and Plato on the question of Pleasure, that I think are grounded in a misreading of Plato. Here, I present a few differences between Mill and Aristotle on the *summum bonum*, right and wrong action, and pleasure. In a [previous post](http://philosophy.gmgauthier.com/plato-versus-mill-on-the-pleasure-principle-mill-loses/), I outlined some significant differences between Mill and Plato on the question of Pleasure, that I think are grounded in a misreading of Plato. Here, I present a few differences between Mill and Aristotle on the *summum bonum*, right and wrong action, and pleasure.