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...range even embraces a look at the moral ethos the school should attempt to embody, which is beyond the more technical questions of the mainline Curricular Review emphasis. Robert L. Cioffi ’05 and Katherine DiSalvo ’05 both look beyond mere “veritas” and call for a Harvard education that seeks to inspire its students “to serve thy society and thy kind,” as Dexter Gate instructs...
...DiSalvo defends the importance of teaching to students to sympathize with the “needs and values of others”—an essential skill often dismissed in today’s jargon as “soft” or “non-cognitive.” And Cioffi suggests an alternate path to ethical development through his defense of the humanities. Literary study, he says, “will help us to live better, more considerate, and crucially, more moral lives...
...authors also contribute to the ongoing debate over a “great books” curriculum, although on opposite sides. DiSalvo attacks Harvard’s Western-centrism, pointing out that the limited range of Moral Reasoning classes makes it appear that “the world has known 15 people capable of moral reasoning.” DiSalvo insists that Harvard’s courses must recognize the “varying, fascinating, and beautiful (and sometimes dangerous!)” systems of morality that occur beyond the Western world, especially in terms of religious beliefs...
...DiSalvo, though often disenchanted by the arts community at Harvard, refuses to be written out of it. Founder of the underground poetry group “The Hallway,” she remains faithful in encouraging other writers on campus, minus some of the usual analytic conventions...
...Katie DiSalvo ’05 is a religion concentrator in Cabot House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...