Word: aresult
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...normative ethicspossible? The title of the chapter "The MoralFirst Aid Manual" should give some indication:Dennett sees the process of moral reasoning asessentially chaotic and endless, and he valuesmoral rules simply as semi-arbitrary ways ofending a moral deliberation. He has no deepcommitment to any principle, but merely wants aresult, and it doesn't seem to much matter whatthat result is: "We cannot expect there to be asingle stable solution...but rather a variety ofuncertain and temporary equilibria, with theconversation-stoppers tending to accrete pearlylayers of supporting dogma which cannot themselveswithstand extended scrutiny but do actually serveon occasion, blessedly...
...context of a multitude of issues--HMO'sand managed care, the New Pathway curriculum atHMS, specialization versus primary care--Langonerepeatedly argues that many of the students becomedehumanized, over-specialized and one-dimensionalas a result of the fierce pre-med race. As aresult, they end up knowing little about realdoctoring and interacting properly with patients...
...Houses were officially co-ed bysuite and unofficially co-ed throughout. Some ofthe frantic mixer scene seemed to abate as aresult, and men and women alike got a preview ofhow our future mates might look bleary-eyed over abreakfast table...
...know I would be going to Washington as aresult," she remembers. "That was a prettyexciting place to be in the middle of the war andthat I would be working with a lot of people Iknew from Radcliffe...
Although he was shocked, Davis said he is notmaking any judgment about Harvard students' as aresult...