Federal Education minister Christopher Pyne is justifiably concerned that some teachers are, knowingly or unknowingly, biased and unfair in their presentation to students of controversial issues.
Yet this is a permanent problem: part of the paradox of freedom. We want to teach what we believe to be true, but fear the effects of teaching what we believe to be false, even if sincerely held by their advocates.
Many issues are essentially contestable. By this the Scottish philosopher W.B. Gallie mea…
