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...importance of moral and ethical education, but stops short of a requirement. Everyone agrees that ethics are a vital part of any education, but there is disagreement about where they belong in the new curriculum. “The committee seemed to drift to a least-common-denominator approach,” writes Johnstone Family Professor Psychology Steven Pinker in an e-mail. The Generdal Education Committee was unable to agree on the right requirement, so they settled for no requirement at all.VERITASUntil the late 19th century, according to Professor of History James T. Kloppenberg, seniors in the College capped...
...lure students to his talk at Leverett House might have seemed surprising: booze. Travia, director of Harvard’s Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, staged a question and answer session on drinking in the Leverett Senior Common Room last night, underlining his frank and pragmatic approach to undergraduate alcohol use. “We are not prohibitionist by any stretch of the imagination,” said Travia, as he engaged a dozen students in a discussion about drinking, its health effects, and Harvard’s alcohol policies. “Telling people not to drink...
...narrow conception of how one should think about ethical questions. Indeed, a host of courses in the humanities and social sciences deal with moral questions. Even science courses, not usually thought of as ethics-related, are expanding to address bioethical questions. We do not see why the political philosophy approach to moral issues is so far superior as to coerce students to face it.Some proponents agree with this critique of the current Moral Reasoning system and suggest that Harvard instead require an “ethically related” course. Approving a course to be ethically related, however, would force...
Editor’s note: Former Harvard hurler Frank Herrmann ’06, a prospect with the Cleveland Indians, reported to camp in Winter Haven, Fla., in early March. This is his diary. Things are starting to heat up down here in Winter Haven as we approach the unofficial halfway point. Until recently, spring training had been light and cordial, full of “get to know you” meetings and explanations of what was to be expected. Now, it’s no longer the 80-degree days that are making players sweat but the fact...
...First a disclaimer. Not having lost a loved one in the conflict I approach the question with a deference, and respect and profound humility to those who have. Was the war worth it? Yes and a qualified No. Yes in that, in view of our shared vulnerabilities after the mass murders we experienced, some version of the Bush Doctrine (pre-empting threats before they fully emerge and promoting and advancing civil society and democracy when we can) must be institutionalized as our national geopolitical strategy. It is an existential question. When we faced a similar global, ideological threat sixty years...