Word: idealisms
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...20th century, socialism as a visionary ideal has appealed to such diverse religious thinkers as Protestant Theologian Paul Tillich and the Catholic clergy who advocate a quasi-Marxist "liberation theology" in Latin America. "Any serious Christian must be a socialist," Tillich once said. Yet those who are hostile to capitalism, Novak writes, tend to compare its flaws in practice with a utopian vision of socialism, ignoring the reality that socialism in practice tends to be economically incoherent and politically repressive. Democratic socialism is a doomed dream because it ignores the "necessary connection between economic liberty and political liberty." A democratic...
...personal goals, allows mankind to realize a greater moral vision. Against those who argue that capitalism is based on selfish materialism, he responds that it tends to expand the wealth of all citizens by providing incentives for productivity. The marriage of pluralism and productivity best realizes the Christian ideal of caritas, or the compassionate love of fellow human beings...
...both the big star and his biggest fan. And Speer (Rutger Hauer)-the young architect who became "the nearest thing Hitler has to a friend" and ran Germany's war machine while Hitler lay quivering inside the bunker of his psychosis-played both a featured role and the ideal, attentive audience. It was not until his imprisonment for war crimes that Speer became Nazism's most knowledgeable critic...
...hours, and do not always lend themselves readily to what is the most intellectually demanding use of the computer: learning how to program it. For this, the inexpensive, easy-to-operate personal computer, entirely self-contained and relying on equipment immediately at the student's side, is an ideal instrument-much more "user friendly," as manufacturers like to say, than big machines. Yet even with a handy micro, programming can overwhelm the uninitiated. The programmer and computer must "speak" a common language...
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS in Latin America have not been ideal for the Reagan Administration. All of Washington's efforts against Nicaragua--from verbal reprimands to rumored invasions--have resulted in continued embarrassment for the State Department. And then Argentina--the nation the Administration has grown closest to in Latin America--launched an unprovoked invasion of Britain's Falkland Islands. Events, hope may have led us to believe, would succeed where liberal intellectuals, Democratic politicians and the the New York Times had failed. But Reagan and Company have managed to ignore reality as completely as they ignore criticism. In spite of everything...