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Concluding that there has been a renewed emphasis on studying morals, three political philosophers in a symposia on the "Rise and Fall of Political Theory" yesterday traced the development of their field since World War II.
The latter three, who are co-authors of "Hawks, Doves and Owls," a book about deterring nuclear war, advocate alternatives to the existing nuclear deterrent system, including greater emphasis on political and social understanding between nations with nuclear capabilities.
"Since there's been so much emphasis on the great changes that have occurred at Harvard in the last 50 years, I think it is ironic that the University is continuing the kind of elitist practices of the previous 300 years," said Carl T. Robbins '86-'87.
The government professor adds that Harvard'sinvitation to Charles represents a newinternational emphasis in the University. In 1936,Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, then internationalposition does reflect some of the changes in theUniversity itself."
But Time's emphasis on the modern Harvardeducation and the school's academic reputationdistorts its overall portrayal of Harvard, circa1986. Mention of the divestment controversy, forinstance, does not pop up until several thousandwords into the articles, towards the end of aprofile of Bok sympathetic enough to make up forthe unflattering...