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Program 85: The First Amendment: Government of the Mind - I

Philosopher Joseph Tussman, of the University of California at Berkeley, details a provocative proposition that, since the government already assumes responsibility for protecting the body of the citizen, perhaps it should also assume a similar responsibility for the moral and intellectual development of the mind. The Center staff members are joined by pioneer educator Alexander Meiklejohn for these discussions. July 24, 1963. [CSDI program number 85; UCSB tape numbers A7618/R7, A7619/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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