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People are not becoming more evil but more perfect. The events and behavior you cite as evidence of questionable ethics simply reflect our increased awareness of evil through the technology of instant global communications. Any public lapse of morals is now known instantly and responded to with outrage and a demand for perfection. To me, this represents an improvement in our situation...
...Others cite the University's lack of tenured ethic experts as a sign of Harvard's lack of commitment. "[Their denial of tenure] surely seems to leave us with some serious questions as toward the seriousness and competency of the Harvard Business School in establishing such a program," said W. Michael Hoffman, director of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College...
...bent the law in the cause of freedom. Ronald Reagan and the contras? No, it was Franklin Roosevelt's decision to provide Britain with 50 overage destroyers during the desperate summer of 1940. The destroyer deal helped discourage Hitler from invading England; small wonder that Reagan's defenders now cite it as a precedent to justify secret efforts to skirt the Boland amendment...
...problem that both professors and students cite repeatedly is that the department is too small at this point to accommodate the growing number of concentrators. Six positions are open for professors, and only two professors will remain after this academic year. The department is conducting a search for qualified professors. "My tutorial is far too big. There should be two professors to split the 10 students in sophmore tutorial," Dawkins says...
Those who say they are aware of Radcliffe usually cite resources such as the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library which collects books and manuscripts on the history of women in America. Other notable programs include the Henry S. Murray Research Center, which specializes in the study of social-science issues relating to women, and the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, the nation's largest post-doctoral fellowship program for women...