That's a problem indeed. He makes a point about viewing the humanities not just in terms of the Western canon, but as a window into every human society. The moral relativism endemic in our post-secondary institutions may be caused by the tendency to conflate the humanities with humanism, which actually favours scientific secularism, marxist dialectical-materialism, and the like...

It seems like the author is referring to the humanities in a non-normative sense, or by appealing to what it ought to be the case. While I agree that the writing comes off as a bit high-flown, I do, respect and see some value in maintaining a loftier vision to strive toward, especially in terms of our educational capacities.

The post has a great quote about teaching as well that pared out at the last minute since I found it not to be especially coherent with the main thrust. Perhaps :