Writing -All universities pride themselves on the creation and distribution

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Hello. I have a writing assignment due soon. The prompt is:All universities pride themselves on the creation and distribution of knowledge. Both Tomar and Swartz argue that this creation and distribution of knowledge isn’t as free as it should be, suggesting that the principles of the academy are hypocritical and therefore should be challenged. In the case of Aaron Swartz, the charge is that academia is obstructing access to knowledge and is therefore inhibiting its democratization. In Tomar’s view, professors often obstruct access to knowledge because they care more about securing their own positions as controllers of knowledge than they do about student learning. Do you agree with these assessments? Why and/or why not? In what specific ways do the standards and practices of the academy serve to protect and promote the generation and distribution of knowledge? In what ways do they limit this generation and distribution? Do you think that Swartz’s criminal action or Tomar’s unethical action is a fair response to the academy’s practices? Finally, what principle might help us establish good practice for the way that knowledge is produced and circulated in the academy? 4-5 pages.The link to the essay about Swartz is here: http://nymag.com/news/features/aaron-swartz-2013-2/The pages of the excerpt by Tomar is attached to the response below.

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