Word: bergson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Attacking the resolution, Abram Bergson, professor of Economics, said, "If these platitudes are endorsed by the Faculty, currents already in motion which make it difficult for officers of the University to make decisions in accordance with their best judgement will be increased...
...Bergson called the question of responsibility to widely felt needs for change "essentially a political question." and accused the creators of the resolution of "trying to achieve essentially political aims in the guise of trying to formulate a code of conduct...
...Albram Bergson, professor of Economics, will move to replace the entire fourth paragraph with one that proscribes "arbitrariness, partiality, negligence, or similarly impermissible personal lapses" on the part of University officers. Bergson said he felt wonds such as "insensitivity" and "widely perceived" could be subject to misunderstaning...
...History has shown us," Bergson said, "in the cases of Hitler and Joe McCarthy, for example, that 'widely perceived needs' are not always infallible guides for decision. I've tried to get to more reliable standards...
...Tuesday meeting, the Faculty also approved a motion submitted by Abram Bergson, professor of Economics, which stated that when less than one-third of its members attend a meeting, a vote by one-third of those present would be sufficient to ensure that any issue could be brought up for reconsideration at a later meeting...