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Perhaps the most persuasive case against government intrusion into most areas of private morality was made by John Stuart Mill in his 1859 essay, On Liberty: "The only purpose for which power can be rightly exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant . . . Over himself, over his own mind and body, the individual is sovereign." The framers of the U.S. Constitution seem to have had similar views in mind when they declared in the Ninth Amendment that "the enumeration...
...involving human excretions, asphyxiation and anilingus, along with even more arcane fetishes, such as collecting toenail clippings and sniffing sweat. The panel heard from a Houston police officer whose vice squad had confiscated and was storing some 27,000 "rubber goods." Many of the so- called victims described the harm that had befallen them after being lured into the world of pornography. In Miami, for example, Larry Madigan, 38, told the commission he had been "a typically normal, healthy boy," whose subsequent life of solitary masturbation, bestiality and drug addiction could all be traced to the finding of a deck...
...emerged from his office and addressed a group of students on his South Africa policy. His reasons for maintaining Harvard's investments in South Africa were two-fold. Firstly, he argued that divestment would only harm Black South Africans. (They would lose, he argued, the protection of the Sullivan principle which rate how well American companies work to end discrimination against South African Blacks in the workplace.) Secondly, he said that divestment would threaten the University's independence as an educational institution...
...recent gestures, however, have undermined both of these arguments. Any sanctions imposed by the U.S., such as the bill that passed the House last week calling for complete American withdrawal from South Africa, would clearly harm Black South Africans far more than Harvard's divestment...
...Harvard in large part to get an education. It's fair to say that universities exist because society needs individuals with open minds, creative spirits and most important, a hatred of apathy. But the classrom doesn't necessarily teach these values; in fact, it often does harm by separating people from the issues of concern of the day. A true liberal education comes from participating in the life of a community...