Word: ideal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lecture, after a brief review of the previous discussions, passed to the special question of the evening, a comparison of the Socialistic and Utilitarian moral ideals. The moral ideal of socialism views society as an organism, to be labored for as a whole, as a "body fitly framed together." The moral ideal of utilitarianism views society as a mass of individuals, whose happiness is to be treated as a mere aggregate or sum, this sum being rendered as large as possible. Which of these ideals is the right...
...lecture closed with acceptance, its most general form of the moral ideal of the socialistic movements; but postponed any more concrete practical application until the next time. The final lecture of the course will be given on Monday, on "Practical Consequences of the Moral Ideal of Socialism...
...called a return to socialism in the political life of England, of some continental countries, and to a less degree, of our own country. Then it was pointed out that this tendency means not merely a political movement, but also to some extent the growth of a moral ideal which gives a stronger life to the movement. The moral ideal at the basis of socialism is the ideal of society as an organized whole, whose interests are not identical with the mere aggregate of the individual interests. The conflict between this and the other, (the utilitarian ideal) was then outlined...
...College have adopted a policy directly contrary to the one that has been in force so long and with such good effects,-the policy of non-interference. Their action can be looked at as nothing less than a long step back ward in the progress of Harvard toward the ideal university, and what makes this step more unendurable is its absolute uselessness. We have been yielding gradually to the views of the faculty on this point, and have tacitly been granting the necessity of some regulation of athletics. But, to state the question in plain terms, what evidences have...
...their freshman year, and their average marks in the elective. The former would be the nearest representation of the ability and industry of the members of the elective; the latter the result of the application of that ability and industry to the work of the elective. In the ideal elective the ratio would be 1, in difficult courses, above 1; in easy courses, below 1. Assuming 100 as the standard, some courses might count as high as 120; others probably as low as 80. The value of any course thus determined would vary but little from year to year...