Word: etzioni
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...Brother is watching--and, according to Amitai Etzioni, author and former Harvard professor, that may not be such a bad thing...
...real question: Will choosing Marriage Plus reduce divorce, as its supporters hope? Virtuecrats, conservative Republicans who preach no-cost family values, communitarians like Amitai Etzioni, and some feminists who suspect they suffer more from breakups than men do--all believe it will...
...admissions policies to the way civil rights laws are enforced. Even more important, it may ultimately transform the way Americans identify themselves and the tribe or tribes they belong to. In one grandiose vision , shared by conservative analyst Douglas Besharov of the American Enterprise Institute and communitarian sociologist Amitai Etzioni of American University, the ambiguous racial identity of mixed-race children may be "the best hope for the future of American race relations," as Besharov puts it. Letting people define themselves as multiracial, Etzioni argues, "has the potential to soften the racial lines that now divide America by rendering them...
...what exactly are they saying? Are they ready to adopt the thunderous moralizing of Bennett? Paint good and bad in bold relief? Is Etzioni prepared to stigmatize divorce? He says yes, but when you press him to define stigma, its meaning grows elusive. Is he saying you should give the cold shoulder to a neighbor who has left his or her family for a new and improved spouse? Should you not invite such people to parties? Well, he's not sure he'd go that far until we've exhausted other avenues. (Let's give those supervows a few more...
...liberal and persists even among moderate liberals who have jumped on the virtue bandwagon. Just as conservatives think they can restore a moral center without making concessions to government activism, liberals think they can revive the language of morality without being judgmental. In his book The Spirit of Community, Etzioni promises as much. He says we can have a "moral revival" without "busybody meddling into our personal affairs," without "Puritanism or oppression," without "self-righteousness." We should "discourage" divorce yet not "condemn...