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Daily Archives: April 28, 2017
UVA Gene Mutation Research Method Speeds Precision Medicine – Health IT Analytics
Posted: April 28, 2017 at 2:35 pm
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April 25, 2017 -A team from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has developed a quicker way to examine the impact of gene mutation on patient health, potentially changing the way cancer labs conduct research into precision medicine and personalized therapies.
The methodology, which uses a virus similar to HIV to replace normal genes with specific mutations, may even be speedier and more cost effective than the CRISPR gene editing technology that currently forms the basis for much of the industrys cutting-edge genomics work.
"Every patient shouldn't receive the same treatment. No way. Not even if they have the same syndrome, the same disease," said UVA researcher J. Julius Zhu, PhD, who led the team that created the new technique. "It's very individual in the patient, and they have to be treated in different ways."
The process of understanding and testing a specific mutations impact on disease development and the usefulness of particular therapies has thus far been slow and painful, said Zhu, who holds positions in UVA's Department of Pharmacology and the UVA Cancer Center.
"You can do one gene and one mutation at a time, he said. Even with the CRISPR [gene editing] technology we have now, it still costs a huge amount of money and time and most labs cannot do it, so we wanted to develop something simple every lab can do. No other approach is so efficient and fast right now.
In addition to ramping up the velocity of studying gene mutations, the new approach may be able to reduce failures in the research process by giving researchers a more sensitive, targeted way to stimulate gene activity.
"The problem in the cancer field is that they have many high-profile papers of clinical trials [that] all failed in some way," Zhu said. "We wondered why in these patients sometimes it doesn't work, that with the same drug some patients are getting better and some are getting worse. The reason is that you don't know which drugs are going to help with their particular mutation. So that would be true precision medicine: You have the same condition, the same syndrome, but a different mutation, so you have to use different drugs."
Zhu has already used the method to analyze approximately 50 mutation of the BRaf gene, which has been tied to tumor development and certain neurodevelopmental disorders. He envisions that the technique will also help unlock the secrets of other diseases, such as Alzheimers, cystic fibrosis, and a variety of cancers all of which are top priorities for precision medicine researchers.
As the marketplace for targeted therapies and associated precision medicine technologies approaches the $100 billion mark, techniques that can help cancer researchers accelerate the development of new treatments will continue to be in high demand.
Drastically reducing the time from hypothesis to bedside will likely produce financial benefits for research labs as well as clinical benefits for patients.
You'd need to spend 10 years to do what we are doing in three months, so it's an entirely different scale, said Zhu. Now, hopefully, we can do 40 or 100 of them simultaneously."
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Politically incorrect band tradition shut down by Columbia: It makes students feel ‘unsafe’ – The College Fix
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Alumni threatento withhold donations if not reinstated
Columbia University has capitulated to student protesters who demanded an end to a politically incorrect marching band tradition that some have deemed unsafe and triggering.
Alumni band members are having none of it, blasting the administration for shutting down their four-decade comedy tradition.
Orgo Night has historically been held at midnight the day of the organic chemistry (Orgo) final exams.
During the event, the marching band occupies a room in the library and plays music. It also performs a comedy skit, which often takes jabs at minority students, sexual assault, infamous students and cranky administrators.
The administrations decision followed more than a decade of student protests, sit-ins and demands to shut down the event.
MORE: Columbias marching band cares about free speech, not feelings
One notable op-ed from the 2014-2015 school year lamented that the comedy skit is a direct attack on marginalized populations at Columbia.
Every semester after Orgo Night, some students leave Butler feeling miserable and triggered and have to turn to one another for consolation while our peers celebrate, wroteColumbia students Tracey Wang and Dunni Oduyemi, calling the event an unsafe space.
We asked administrators to listen to us, to acknowledge us, and to protect us, they said. Their failure to do so is proof the administration does not care about its students of color, its queer students, or its trans students.
The administration gave a preview of what was coming during the fall 2016 finals, when it blocked the marching band from performing in the library, calling it a disruption to studying.
The band was forced to deliver its half-hour skit to an audience of hundreds outside the library on a freezing cold night, with some seen wearing double and triple layers to stay warm.
Since then, a shadowy group of alumni who call themselves Hamiltonius have published 10 open letters denouncing the administrations decision to shut the band out of the library.
MORE: Stanford students say band suspension cracks down on freedom
While not all of the letters have included the names of actual alumni, the most recent letter was signed by over 60 alumni from the 1960s through the second Obama administration.
The alumni demands seem to have fallen on deaf ears. They claim they have not yet received any meaningful response from the administration, and a university spokeswoman told The College Fix the no-library policy wont change.
President, a First Amendment scholar, is a hypocrite
Some alumni have attempted to raise the Orgo Night issue in personal conversations with university administrators, but have been politely rebuffed, Hamiltonius wrote in the most recent letter, How to interpret the silence from [the administration]?
It argues that Columbia clearly had political motivations for banning the tradition.
It is difficult for any observer not to conclude that the motivation for attempting to silence the Band is to avoid future controversy and appease the small number of individuals who periodically object to some portion of the content of the Orgo Night program, said Hamiltonius.
MORE: Columbia marching band tradition disses sexual respect program
It accuses President Lee Bollinger, a noted First Amendment scholar and fierce advocate for free speech, of hypocrisy:
You often say and do the right thing when that bedrock right is challenged on campus. Yet, in this case it appears that you have opted for censorship over student speech, and have adopted a heavy-handed approach totally lacking in due process over an open public debate.
The unnamed alumni claim they have continued to participate in Columbia, sending their children to the university, giving money and attending Columbia sporting events to cheer on the young.
And yet it seems none of that has value in your eyes, wrote Hamiltonius.
They conclude by demanding a response from Bollinger, threatening to withhold our support, our time, and our money if he continually refuses engaging with us on public matters.
Columbia band alumnus Dan Carlinsky, a 1965 graduate, toldThe Columbia Spectator that hes disappointed with the administration.
The unfortunate thing is that there has been no effort or no willingness even to sit down and talk about it, he said. Columbia prides itself in training its students in critical thinking, and then they turn around and treat us as if were not critical thinkers.
MORE: We dont need your benevolent sexism, marching band women say
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Toni Airaksinen is a junior at Barnard College in New York City. She also contributes to Campus Reform, USA Today College, Red Alert Politics and Quillette Magazine. She formerly held a post with The Columbia Spectator. Her writing is regularly featured on Fox News andDrudge Report, among other websites. Her interests include free speech, due process and mens issues.
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Politically Incorrect but Fighting for Alaska – Echo NEws (press release) (registration)
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Congressman Don Young brought his unique blend of political incorrectness and conservative assessment of current affairs to the Chugiak-Eagle River Chamber of Commerce yesterday and the packed house gathered to hear him speak was highly engaged with Alaskas long-time lone member of the federal House of Representatives.
After more than 40 years doing this, some say I am the old goat in the yard, Young quipped regarding his 23 terms of office beginning in 1973. But the best is yet to come. Under this news president, we are going to do great things for the State of Alaska.
Young wasted no time listing several Obama Administration actions that he viewed as negative for Alaskan interests that he sees the current Congress removing.
That includes retaining control of waters within the state, control of fish management and control of lands a huge issue for the states Native population as well as its hunters and outdoor recreationists.
Not anymore, he said.
We have the opportunity to return a lot of capability in this state to develop resources, Young said to a round of applause. This is a resource-oriented state, but it cannot be just on resource. It cannot just be oil. I want to stress that. We all know what a potentially precarious position that puts us into depend on just one source of income especially one so volatile.
Young wants to see greater development of the states mineral resources and hydropower.
He made note of the current economic downturn, but immediately within the same breath directed thoughts to the states economic future.
I am very optimistic about the future, he said. Some say we are in the doldrums now because supposedly we have a shortage of money. And there is a lot of debate down in Juneau now about this. But I hope you are optimistic about the future too. Keep this in mind: Old money does not solve our problems, Young said in reference to the states previous reliance on oil income. It only prolongs the agony. New money builds the future.
In his role as the federal Legislatures leading passer of bills signed into law by a sitting president, Young renewed his promise to fight for Alaskas interests.
Asserting that 90 percent of the federal legislation he helped craft has impacted Alaska, Young told the crowd, My job is to be your spokesperson.
He then turned the microphone over to Dana Thorp Patterson, executive director of the chamber, for questions from the crowd.
Curtis McQueen, CEO of Eklunta, Inc., which is the local areas largest landholder, was first up.
McQueen spoke of recently secured public recreational access to the Knik River Public Use Area specifically to allow travel between the popular Jim Creek area and the Knik Glacier brokered in an agreement among the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and Eklutna, Inc.
The agreement was announced in an April 19 press release from the state Dept. of Natural Resources documenting the agreement which conveys 31,000 acres to Eklutna from the BLM via the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
McQueen is aware of the dispute between the BLM and the State of Alaska regarding federal navigable waters, but said that Eklunta, Inc., opted to remain neutral regarding the issue in an effort to facilitate the agreement which now allows public access between Eklunta lands and state lands.
Oh, I love that, Young said with a broad smile.
Rich Young, co-owner of the Healthwise Physical Therapy in Eagle River, asked the Congressman about Medicaid and possible changes to payment to providers should Obamacare be repealed.
That bill (the recent failed federal legislation) would have hurt Alaska. Our premiums would go up, the Congressman said. I have offered a simple solution. We repeal Obamacare effective 2020 and we rewrite health care the right way. We give three years to write a correct bill.
Nicholas Begich, III, owner of FarShore Partners a global software technology firm based in Chugiak asked Young regarding the rollback of Environmental Protection Agency rulings that have been tagged as impediments to development in Alaska.
The Congressman began his answer with his well-honed tactic for recognizing the irony that Begich is a Republican among a family of Democrats.
His name is a little different, but he is a fine young man, Young joked with another enormous smile. I just want you all to know that. He is a Republican. Must make for some interesting family Thanksgiving dinners.
Young continued by describing the EPA as a challenge. He asserted that the agency went far beyond its original intent as he described it as being charged with protecting the environment while still taking economic impact in consideration.
They went well beyond their legislative authority by enforcing regulation on everybody in America that impeded economic growth, Young said. All of this regulation is killing our society economically. I see the tide turning on that under the Trump Administration. I am excited.
Eva Loken, a long-time realtor and local resident, mentioned the Janke familys effort to build a hydro-electric power plant on its private property bordering the upper Eagle River. The project took 45 years to be approved. She thought that was a timeline far too long. She would like to see such efforts by private property owners to take far less time.
I think we should encourage people that have small hydro-electric potential to develop that, she said.
The Congressman agrees, noting he has helped several similar projects located in the states Aleutian Islands.
Tonya Gamble, a local Rotarian also employed by Eklunta, Inc., asked the Congressman about potential changes in the federal tax code for individual taxpayers.
We are going to have some type of reform bill regarding this, Young said. I cannot tell you at this time what it is going to be, but I have been a flat-taxer for years.
He was also asked about reports that physicians affiliated with the federal Veterans Administration are guilty of over-prescribing.
We are going to have to refine this so that veterans are properly taken care of, Young said. This drug issue whether it is over-prescribing of medications or the pushing on the street of illegal drugs is the biggest issue we have in this nation.
True to his well-known unwillingness to remain politically correct, Young showed no trepidation in telling the audience at the Eagle River Alehouse that he wants dealers punished even more severely than currently being done.
He thinks the best way to get to dealers is through their pocketbooks and would like to see the Internal Revenue Service more empowered to go after drug money.
He also has no personal tolerance for drug dealing.
This is not right for our society he said. But for some reason, we accept it. We have to say no more to this. I have lost two nephews to it. I have two grandkids that have become drug addicts. If I could catch their dealer, you are going to see me behind bars.
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Erick Werner: Never OK to use political violence – Santa Clarita Valley Signal
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In 1941 the U.S. declared war on Nazi Germany. By 1945 that regime, and its adherents, had been wholly wiped away.
It is interesting, then, that in 2017 the question has come up: Is it OK to punch a Nazi? The answer for many has been Yes, it certainly is OK.
However, the fundamental issue with this logic falls in line with the fact that because there are no longer any real, official Nazis anymore, then simply applying that label to anyone you disagree with gives you carte blanche to use violence to silence that persons views.
The topic itself came up when white nationalist and head of the National Policy Institute Richard Spencer was assaulted on Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C. While giving an on-the-street interview with ABC, a member of the Antifa black bloc ran up and sucker-punched Spencer.
Now, for those unfamiliar with the group, Antifa stands for Anti-Fascist and is a group that has been operating as a far-left protest and riot organization that has grown considerably in the United States.
A fair amount of the destruction caused in recent protests on college campuses has been due to the actions of Antifa.
So when an Antifa member hit Richard Spencer, the conversation that ensued was not one of condemnation, but one in which people legitimately questioned whether the blow was socially acceptable. Organizations like the Guardian published videos advocating for this kind of behavior.
The fact of the matter is that for a representative Jeffersonian democracy to work, political violence must be shunned at every level, no matter how ignorant or misguided an individuals views are.
To be certain, I have disagreements with Richard Spencer and do not advocate his style of holistic identitarianism. However, if I met him in a crowd, I would much rather have a debate, rather than a fight.
Richard Spencer aside, however, let us assume the position of the left that implicitly or explicitly justifies political violence if it is targeted at a Nazi.
What in 2017 constitutes a Nazi? The SS has been a defunct organization since 1945, and even George Lincoln Rockwell has been dead since the late 1960s. How, then, would someone identify a modern Nazi?
Critics might cite Neo-Nazis who come out of prison gangs, of course, but lets be honest with ourselves those guys arent the people who are in any threat of being targeting for political violence. They are not the individuals that Antifa and those supporting the group are advocating violence against.
No, Antifa and the authoritarian left is decidedly bringing back the label Nazi as a way to justify violence against those they deem politically incorrect.
The punching of Richard Spencer was just one of many assaults on supposed Fascists though certainly a well-documented one due to his prominence.
Many dozens, if not hundreds, of other assaults have taken place at an alarming rate over the past year or so, and the trend does not seem to be letting up.
Make no mistake, this is the degeneracy of the American political system, and it is being spurred on by turning something that was once a well-defined, and frankly archaic, political party into a catch-all for those deemed conservative or on the political right.
These people do not want to listen and debate; they want to brutalize and punish.
In a sense, they are forgoing their civic duty as it was visualized by our Founding Fathers. Every enfranchised person should, theoretically, be an informed advocate of his or her political opinions.
These people are using the privilege of protest allotted by this country to silence opposition.
As we continue to move forward, there will no doubt continue to be more such events. To save the American political process, we must unmask these Antifa rioters and hold accountable those who grant their implicit support.
Only then will we be able to once more stand united and strong.
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NYU professor defends censorship and ‘snowflakes’ amid lecture … – Washington Examiner
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With the controversies over campus lectures coming to a head this spring, academic liberals are finally beginning to vocalize their substantive defenses of censorship.
In the New Republic, a Colby College professor argued that keeping conservative speakers off campus is necessary to the process of curating knowledge of value for impressionable students. On Monday, New York University Vice Provost Ulrich Baer defended so-called "snowflakes" in the pages of the New York Times, dramatically thanking them for "keeping watch over the soul of our republic."
"The idea of freedom of speech does not mean a blanket permission to say anything anybody thinks," Baer wrote. "It means balancing the inherent value of a given view with the obligation to ensure that other members of a given community can participate in discourse as fully recognized members of that community."
Baer uses the example of transgender rights to claim "the parameters of public speech must be continually redrawn to accommodate those who previously had no standing."
In fact, the opposite is true.
When I was in school, progressive students attempted to shut down my Young Americans for Freedom chapter because we opposed mandatory sensitivity training on transgender pronouns. We objected primarily to the idea of mandating political training, not the use of pronouns. But because we exercised our right to speak out, our campus engaged in a productive conversation about the merits of "mandatory sensitivity training," which is a reasonable discussion on the proper roles of university authorities. All participants emerged from the experience enriched by its lessons.
Baer would have that conversation stifled for preventing transgender people from being "recognized as fully human," despite both sides' emphatic efforts to speak with the utmost respect and compassion for members of that community.
But no matter how many times conservatives make those efforts, progressives obsess over every syllable we utter to argue that we are denying the humanity of any given marginalized community. There is nothing we can do short of agreeing with the Left to satisfy their standards. Even if our group on campus had objected to the use of transgender pronouns, is it not possible to argue that point, or, say, argue against Black Lives Matter, without denying people their humanity? If any new idea is automatically immune from rigorous debate simply because the opposition is deemed harmful to people, where does that standard lead us?
Consequently, serious discussion has become impossible on campuses. When mainstream conservative thought is equated with white supremacy or hate speech, only one side is afforded the right to express itself.
Like the Colby professor, Baer also argues that students no longer need to hear from campus speakers to be exposed to dissenting opinions because they enjoy access to the internet. It's true that any student on a campus where Charles Murray or Ann Coulter has been banned is able to watch another lecture on YouTube or pick up their books. But that's not what happens. At campus lectures, interested students who both agree and disagree often bring less interested friends to the event who would never otherwise seek out the information.
The lectures broach new ideas that would never otherwise find an audience in the classrooms of most liberal professors. And they give students the opportunity to engage directly with those speakers, allowing them to ask questions about issues specific to their campus or their personal lives. It is not something that can be replicated.
When I hosted a lecture by a prominent conservative on my campus, a liberal student stepped up to the microphone during a question and answer session to challenge the speaker on religious liberty. The speaker's answer, measured and calm, left the student speechless. She eventually retreated from the microphone after tilting her head and saying, "I guess I never thought of it in that way before."
That is the value of a campus lecture.
Professors do not give voice to alternative viewpoints, often presenting their perspectives as unimpeachable fact, thereby discouraging young people from even thinking to investigate the issues further. As a consequence, students graduate with worldviews that have never been subject to constructive criticism.
"It has been regrettably easy for commentators to create a simple dichotomy between a younger generation's oversensitivity and free speech as an absolute good that leads to the truth," Baer contended.
To some extent, I have to agree. For instance, I'm glad Baer published this op-ed because conservatives (understandably) have developed a reflex to issue outrage and mockery over the actions of "snowflakes" without understanding how the material professors like Baer teach in the classroom informs their behavior.
The crux of Baer's argument, however, is that these "snowflakes" are not oversensitive they are reasonably sensitive. He argues that if a speaker denies a marginalized community their humanity per the judgment of those privileged enough to hold power on college campuses (liberals) they are rightfully silenced. But it is doubtful that if a conservative student objected to a liberal speaker on the basis that their message is psychologically harmful to the humanity of, for instance, people of faith, they would be taken seriously.
This strikes me as similar to feminists' complaints about relinquishing power over women's rights to the "patriarchy." How can institutions dominated by one group who cannot understand another be trusted to protect it?
The problem with imposing qualifications on free speech, especially in higher education, is that they inevitably require the liberal academic bureaucracy to make judgments on what constitutes reasonable insight.
That will never ensure academia provides students with the balanced and challenging educations they are paying tens of thousands of dollars to receive.
The best answer to these questions is always to facilitate more speech, not less.
Emily Jashinskyis a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner.
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DFB backs Bild’s Russian censorship claims – ESPN FC
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Russia will host the Confederations Cup this summer as they prepare for the 2018 World Cup.
German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel has backed the Bild newspaper over claims of Russian censorship ahead of this summer's Confederations Cup.
Bild, Germany's most popular paper, has said it will boycott this summer's Confederations Cup in Russia if journalists are not given freedom to report as they please.
Print journalists attending the event -- which serves as a warm-up for the 2018 World Cup in Russia -- have been informed that they will be restricted in their travelling and reporting.
The guidelines issued to journalists working in print media with approved accreditation for the tournament stipulate that they "will solely cover the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and related events," with their reporting limited to the "territory of the host cities and cultural sites located nearby."
If media want to report from other territories, or cover events unrelated to the Confederations Cup, a separate visa issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required. That stipulation is not included in the guidelines for broadcasters with approved accreditation.
On Tuesday, Bild made those stipulations public and announced a boycott of the Confederations Cup as long as "censorship" remained in place.
The paper claimed that FIFA is aware of the restrictions and views them as "a relief."
Bild was backed by DFB president Grindel, who promised to address the issue at the next FIFA Council meeting in May.
Grindel told the paper: "At the next FIFA Council meeting on May 9, I will advocate for free coverage for accredited journalists at the Confederations Cup. It would be an important signal for the 2018 World Cup if the Russian Organising Committee, right from the dress rehearsal, made it clear there are no restrictions of the freedom of press."
Ralf Stegner -- a vice president of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the smaller partner in Germany's grand coalition -- told Bild: "Just as we don't think it's right that U.S. President [Donald] Trump attacks the 'fake media,' we can't accept it when [Russian President Vladimir] Putin or FIFA restrict freedom of press."
Stephan Uersfeld is the Germany correspondent for ESPN FC. Follow him on Twitter @uersfeld.
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Ron Paul To Interview Julian Assange Today On His Liberty Report – The Liberty Conservative
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Libertarian stalwart Ron Paul will broadcast an interview with Wikileaks Julian Assange today, following recent news of President Trumps Department of Justice potentially pursuing criminal charges against the controversial whistleblower.
The CIA has been deeply humiliated as a result of our ongoing publications so this is a preemptive move by the CIA to try and discredit our publications and create a new category for Wikileaks and other national security reporters to strip them of First Amendment protections, Assange said in a teaser clip from the interview that will air today at Noon on the Ron Paul Liberty Report.
After celebrating its ten year anniversary in 2016, Wikileaks has stepped up their operations considerably. They published leaked e-mails of top Democratic Party operatives last October, possibly swinging the election in Trumps favor. This prompted then-candidate Trump to infamously say, I love WikiLeaks!
However, Trumps love affair with Wikileaks was to be very short-lived. After Trump assumed power, Wikileaks dumped their Vault 7 disclosures, which exposed the full capability of the CIAs hacking program. This prompted CIA director Mike Pompeo to call Wikileaks a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia that must be denied the latitude to use free speech values against us.
Candidate Trump loved Wikileaks so much he mentioned the organization more than 140 times in the final month of the campaign alone! Now, as President, it seems Trump wants Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sent to prison, Ron Paul wrote in his weekly column.
Assange is expected to discuss the increasing persecution from the Trump administration as well as other crucial topics with Paul during the broadcast. One thing can be sure: These two enemies of the state will certainly pull no punches when it comes to exposing the military-industrial complex. The interview will be broadcast in its entirety at 12pm on the Ron Paul Liberty Report, which can be accessed from his Youtube page.
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Pope Francis Warns Against ‘Invasion’ of Libertarianism – Breitbart News
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I cannot fail to speak of the grave risks associated with the invasion of the positions of libertarian individualism at high strata of culture and in school and university education, the Pope said in an message sent to members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences meeting in the Vatican and subsequently shared with Breitbart News.
A common characteristic of this fallacious paradigm is that it minimizes the common good, that is the idea of living well or the good life in the communitarian framework, Francis said, while at the same time exalting a selfish ideal.
Members of the Pontifical Academy are currently engaged in a workshop bearing the title Towards a Participatory Society: New Roads to Social and Cultural Integration, which began Friday and will run through May 2.
Francis said that libertarianism, which is so fashionable today, is a more radical form of the individualism that asserts that only the individual gives value to things and to interpersonal relations and therefore only the individual decides what is good and what is evil.
Libertarianism, he said, preaches that the idea of self-causation is necessary to ground freedom and individual responsibility.
Thus, the libertarian individual denies the value of the common good, the pontiff stated, because on the one hand he supposes that the very idea of common means the constriction of at least some individuals, and on the other hand that the notion of good deprives freedom of its essence.
Libertarianism, he continued, is an antisocial radicalization of individualism, which leads to the conclusion that everyone has the right to extend himself as far as his abilities allow him even at the cost of the exclusion and marginalization of the more vulnerable majority.
According to this mentality, all relationships that create ties must be eliminated, the Pope suggested, since they would limit freedom. In this way, only by living independently of others, of the common good, and even God himself, can a person be free, he said.
This isnt the first time that the Pope has taken issue with popular social and political trends.
In March, Pope Francis told leaders of the European Union that the populist movements that are sweeping many parts of Europe and other areas are fueled by egotism.
Populism, he said, is the fruit of an egotism that hems people in and prevents them from overcoming and looking beyond their own narrow vision.
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