On: We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves. So We're Starting a New One

[EForEndeavour]

> Universities are the places where society does its thinking, where the habits and mores of our citizens are shaped.

This sounds a lot more like a hypothetical ideal than a statement of fact.

[mhb → EForEndeavour]

Uh yeah. It's aspirational and why they're starting a university.

[EForEndeavour → mhb]

If it's aspirational, I would have suggested replacing "are" with "ought to be."

[tomrod → EForEndeavour]

I see no Hume-ian distinction here with is/ought. The context seems pretty clear. But regardless, perhaps for some the verbiage could be clearer with adding the kludge of "ought to be."

[EForEndeavour → tomrod]

I made my original comment because despite the context I'd read up to that sentence, my gut reaction was "that definitely doesn't sound right."