Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WITH the rest of the world we learn rapidly that the difficulties remaining for the Germans and Europeans are vast. For reasons of superpower and continental security, reunification remains out of the question. The Western powers, hearing the echoes of the past--two world wars and inexpressible human horror--look to the recreation of a unified Germany in central Europe with unvoiced misgiving...
...discussion before a crowd of more than 400 at an Institute of Politics Forum quickly turned into a debate over the legitimacy of the Objectivist conception of selfishness as an ideal guide for human behavior...
Objectivists, who follow the radical libertarian doctrines of the late author Ayn Rand, maintain that capitalism is the sole moral system and that selfishness is necessary for rational decision-making and self-preservation. The Democratic Socialists, however, criticize Ayn Rand-style capitalism as the reduction of all human relationships to the realm of financial transactions...
...other business, the council discussed the upcoming budget debate in the Massachusetts Legislature. Vellucci said he was concerned about cuts in human services...
CONFISCATING the property of these non-profit Arab organizations is tantamount to driving them out of existence. According to human rights lawyer Avgidor Feldman, the proposed legislation "can clearly be used to suppress legitimate activities...