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teršek ■ public universities in post-socialist states could become ‘un-academic’ ...
which is very difficult to remedy. This cannot be put back by a few decrees.
And you see, if you remember Milosevič, Serbia, what first happened in
Serbia, before the whole disintegration of Yugoslavia, wars and so on, was
a terrible decline in public speech and morality. That is, what is decent to
say. And these are things that can be destroyed very quickly. But then it
takes decades to rebuild.
And here it seems to me that this is a question of decency, of ‘com-
mon decency’, which in a sense is always the most important political
question. Unwritten laws that cannot be included in the political pro-
gram or in legislation, and the question of stupidity, that something that
is obviously stupid is publicly permissible... it seems to me that this too
falls into the category of falling criteria of decency, morality and custom.
This is what poisons us a little in this country, very poisonous, because it
also arouses this general depression that in some general puddle of ma-
nure a man can no longer do this, even if he says his opinion, not much
will change for him”.
References and Sources
Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia Judgment No. IU 2178 /
2009-16.
Avbelj, M. (2019) »58. člen (avtonomnost univerz in drugih visokih šol)«
(Autonomy of universities and high schools). In Avbelj, M. (ed.). Komentar
Ustave Republike Slovenije. Del 1: Človekove pravice in temeljne
svoboščine (Commentary on the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia.
Part 1: Human rights and fundamental freedoms), pp. 492–500. Nova
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Bauman, Z. (2016) Postmoderna etika (Postmodern ethics). Ljubljana:
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Benedetič, A. (1999) Poti do univerze (Paths towards university). Ljubljana:
Studia Humanitatis.
Bennetot Pruvot, E., and Estermann, T. (eds.) (2017) University Autonomy
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which is very difficult to remedy. This cannot be put back by a few decrees.
And you see, if you remember Milosevič, Serbia, what first happened in
Serbia, before the whole disintegration of Yugoslavia, wars and so on, was
a terrible decline in public speech and morality. That is, what is decent to
say. And these are things that can be destroyed very quickly. But then it
takes decades to rebuild.
And here it seems to me that this is a question of decency, of ‘com-
mon decency’, which in a sense is always the most important political
question. Unwritten laws that cannot be included in the political pro-
gram or in legislation, and the question of stupidity, that something that
is obviously stupid is publicly permissible... it seems to me that this too
falls into the category of falling criteria of decency, morality and custom.
This is what poisons us a little in this country, very poisonous, because it
also arouses this general depression that in some general puddle of ma-
nure a man can no longer do this, even if he says his opinion, not much
will change for him”.
References and Sources
Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia Judgment No. IU 2178 /
2009-16.
Avbelj, M. (2019) »58. člen (avtonomnost univerz in drugih visokih šol)«
(Autonomy of universities and high schools). In Avbelj, M. (ed.). Komentar
Ustave Republike Slovenije. Del 1: Človekove pravice in temeljne
svoboščine (Commentary on the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia.
Part 1: Human rights and fundamental freedoms), pp. 492–500. Nova
Gorica: Evropska pravna fakulteta, Nova univerza.
Bauman, Z. (2016) Postmoderna etika (Postmodern ethics). Ljubljana:
Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani.
Benedetič, A. (1999) Poti do univerze (Paths towards university). Ljubljana:
Studia Humanitatis.
Bennetot Pruvot, E., and Estermann, T. (eds.) (2017) University Autonomy
in Europe III: The Scorecard (2017). European University Association,
Brussels (Belgium). Available at:
scorecard%202017.pdf> (6.11.2020).
Boelen, C., and Woollard, B. (2009) Social accountability and accredita-
tion: a new frontier for educational institutions. Medical Education
43 (9). Available at:
161
