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Freezing enthusiasts argue that their proposals for reanimating the dead conform to Christian teachings, which stress the sacredness of life; they even contend that refusal to be frozen might be construed as suicide. They concede that their program might compel some drastic rethinking in theology, ethics and law. For instance, in law, says Ettinger, "a new kind of manslaughter will appear, namely, the failure to freeze" -that is, somebody might pull the plug on the capsule. Similarly, says Ettinger, theologians might have to revise their concepts of the nature of the soul. There is no agreement, for instance, even...
...Jewry is Orthodox-a fact that is no guarantee of cohesiveness. On the far left of the community-scorned as near apostates by Jews who observe Halacha (religious law)-are the minority of Reform Jews, similar in their modernizing views to American Conservative Judaism, and the Liberals, who theologically conform roughly to the Reform movement in the U.S. Representing the mainstream of Orthodoxy -and most of the wealthy Anglo-Jewish families-is the United Synagogue, which governs 80 congregations in Greater London. Although it defends the full authority of Halacha, the United Synagogue is nonetheless suspected of liberal tendencies...
...other toward a cohesive, well-integrated Radcliffe--are not, as appears, mutually contradictory. At present, they appear to be unreconcilable. If the Radcliffe Administration hopes to establish a firm sense of college identity, it must first decide for itself which course it intends to follow. Forcing unwilling students to conform to a preconceived notion will breed opposition, not unity.'One of the major difficulties with the House plan is that it assumes a strong need and desire for cohesiveness among Radcliffe students. In a school where the admissions policy is admittedly geared to individuality, such a view seems unrealistic...
...states to raise the cash? Already nearly 95% of all U.S. consumers pay state sales taxes, so that lode is just about exhausted. Most state governments could probably squeeze out several million dollars a year in additional revenue by making their real estate assessments, now generally unrealistic, conform to true values. The 17 states that still have no income tax have an obvious source of added funds. In 15 states, changes could be made in constitutions that prohibit local communities from investing their idle cash, an archaism that costs them as much as $100 million a year in lost interest...
...speech before an audience of 2,000, the President discussed the role of the intellectual in the complex society of 1966. He argued equably that dedicated men of education must indeed search for the truth but must also understand that if the truth does not conform with their opinions, truth itself is not altered. Said Johnson: "More than one scholar has learned how deeply frustrating it is to try to bring purist approaches to a highly impure problem. They have learned that criticism is one thing, diplomacy another. They have learned to fear dogmatism in the classroom as well...