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...done right, the new “what it means to be human?? requirement actually holds great potential to ameliorate the report’s anti-intellectual pragmatism. The search for truth, meaning, and purpose is something that all students have in common, and this quest belongs at the center of any truly humane education. Sadly, these questions have largely been abandoned by universities, leaving students to search for meaning themselves through chaplaincies, counseling services, and late-night dorm room bull sessions...
...hope that the new “what it means to be human?? requirement will become more than a vague addendum, and grow to comprehend a wide variety of courses from across Harvard that address ultimate questions of truth, meaning, and purpose. Faith traditions like Christianity have much to teach us in this regard, and should not be neglected in this new proposed component. Many Harvard classes, like Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris’ Moral Reasoning 54: “If There Is No God, All Is Permitted,” already take...
...hope you will have the courage of your original convictions,” Gomes, who is also Pusey minister in Memorial Church, told the assembled task force.“I hope the committee will recover its nerve,” he added.‘TO BE HUMAN?? BUT NOT HUMANITIES?The interdisciplinary “what does it mean to be a human being” requirement emerged from discussions between task force members and other professors, Simmons wrote in an e-mail.“Colleagues proposed that we consider a category on human nature...
...kind bound not to get much play on radios stateside. It’s a record so weird and original that there’s no context for which it would be wholly appropriate, except maybe Halloween. The vocals are so heavily processed throughout that the singers never sound human??this is the sort of music ghosts might make, if they were Nordic and liked to dance as they haunted. That may not sound like a compliment, but believe me, it is.—Reviewer Eric L. Fritz can be reached at efritz@fas.harvard.edu. —Reviewer...
...Situated in the chaos and confusion of Kunduz, the reader becomes captivated by Donk’s bizarre desire to be surrounded by these scenes of death. His tale is a haunting and intricate study of a human??s fear and fascination with death...