The commitment to free speech and academic freedom or, more comprehensively, to what Jonathan Rauch calls “the constitution of knowledge” is not compatible with “inclusion” as the latter is understood in administrative initiatives on its behalf. But a reconciliation comes into view once we pose the naı¨ve question: “Inclusion in what?” The answer proffered here is: an academic community of inquirers, inclusion in which is as expansive as possible but for reasons independent of identity. Parsing the meanings of free speech and academic freedom brings the impersonal character of academic community into the foreground and clarifies the ethical demands associated with free inquiry.

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