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As trite as this sounds - first get a grip on first principle - then look at perspectives / views.
Understand the history behind the first principle (though hopefully your college will teach you this) - if not - read the commentary.
Your first port of call would be positive law - then the interpretation on natural law / deconstructive justice / left-right-centre-liberal perspectives.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avital_Ronell#Sexual_conduct_investigation_and_suspension
And, of course, I have a similar low opinion of Butler's guru Foucault, the paedophile god of the woke left .
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/16/reckoning-with-foucaults-sexual-abuse-of-boys-in-tunisia
https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-debats/michel-foucault-et-la-pedophilie-enquete-sur-un-emballement-mediatique_2148517.html
Another article also analyses various testimonies from other sources and Sorman's accusations simply dont line up
https://lundi.am/The-Black-Masses-of-Michel-Foucault-the-Bullshit-of-Guy-Sorman
And even if Foucault was "the pedophile god of the woke left" that doesn't detract from what he added, this is one of the most influential academics of our generation whose work spans multiple disciplines. His personal character has nothing to do with this.
And the same goes in relation to Judith Butler, she's a horrible person, and even regrets writing that letter, doesn't excuse her actions, but how does this detract from her ideas?
It just seems like you're grasping at straws to debunk otherwise accepted ideas just becuase the authors are le woke moralists