Word: harmful
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...economist interested in cost-benefit analyses of government policies and their effects on society, Miron advocates drug legalization and other libertarian policies, saying that “however well intentioned, a large fraction of government interventions do more harm than good...
...most successful are those grounded in irrefutable fact and driven by a commitment to justice. In the case of the campaign against The Coca-Cola Company, the facts tell quite a different story than reported by SLAM, and ignoring them for the sake of political gain does justice great harm...
...account of these unfortunate events, yet I would urge fellow alumni equally angered by this turn of events not to withdraw support from Harvard. Supporting Harvard serves to ensure that Summers’ lower-income recruitment initiative and other visions can continue. Turning our backs on Harvard will only harm Harvard’s most essential asset—its student body...
...University’s academic mission and financial stability.This time, as students want Harvard to sever ties with companies that do business with the Sudanese government, Bok’s views could assume new importance.“We can all agree that an educational institution should not inflict harm on others merely to fatten its coffers,” Bok later wrote in a 1982 book on the social responsibilities of universities. “But it is a very different matter for trustees to use institutional funds to help redress an injustice in the outside world for which...
...wasn't their argument, or a decision from presiding U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel that temporarily halted Morales' execution. Rather, it was the ethical stance by doctors, who refused to serve as monitors prepared to intervene in case of complications, because of their Hippocratic oath to do no harm...