Word: ethical
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...what Harvard’s stem cell scientists are asking to do is not as ethically daunting as popular imagination might make it. Harvard has already banned reproductive cloning—the sort of thing that results in Dolly. That is not what the Stem Cell Institute has in mind. As Executive Director Charles G. Jennings told The Crimson, “We have no idea whether [reproductive cloning] would work in humans—it would be grossly irresponsible to try, and we’re completely opposed to it.” Rather, institute researchers want to extract...
...Harvard has a potential four-year starter at defensive end, one who spent the summer doing daily two-hour running and lifting workouts and has made the Crimson weight room a second home. His intensity caught the attention of the Harvard coaches, who were thrilled to find a work ethic that matched his size...
...called "Robin Hood" redistribution of $A520 million in funding from 67 wealthy private schools to poorer private schools, was perhaps the most hotly debated of the campaign, derided by the Prime Minister as "old-fashioned class warfare" and defended by Labor as a return to the "fair go" ethic it placed at the heart of its campaign...
...Immigrants see themselves as citizens of the world, not necessarily American citizens,” he said in the debate yesterday. He said that the values that used to be defined as uniquely American—like work ethic, religiosity and individualism—are challenged by immigrants who bring with them their own particular values...
...January, he sketched his climb out of Green Valley: "When I was young, my mum used to tell me there were two types of people in our street - the slackers and the hard workers. We had our troubles at home, sure, but we were hard workers." The work ethic got Latham through school and university, brought his family a home of their own, and eventually, after a slog in the minor leagues, brought the only son a career in big-time politics...