Word: judgemental
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...teaches government here, contends, good government requires what he calls "successful republican (small r, to be sure!) soulcraft" and involves a gentler kind of tutelage. For example, the political economy of citizenship that informed 19th-century American life sought to cultivate not only commonality but also the independence and judgement to deliberate well about the common good. It worked not by coercion or deprivation as most of the present politicians advocate but by a complex mix of persuasion and habituation, what Alexis de Tocqueville, the French observer called "the slow and quiet action of society upon itself...
...course, many issues faced by the college student become less stressful later on as they move into a way of life that allows them more control over their lives. We know that to a substantial degree, student status involves being constantly judged and evaluated. While evaluation and judgement are essential to maintain standards in scholarly life, some students are devastated by their application. Yet as we saw earlier, many seek more challenge and the exacting vision of scholars. Indeed one might ask whether the problems discussed in this essay would recede if the college were more clearly centered...
...prime example that these uncivilized tendencies are still alive is the South's continued fondness for the Confederate flag. Anyone who does not acknowledge that this flag stands for murder, lynching, rape and treason cannot be regarded as possessing good judgement. The Confederate flag embodies indignities from the plantation to segregated schools. It represents White Citizens' Councils and the Ku Klux Klan, cross burnings and castrations. It is stained with the blood of innocents and heroes from Emmitt Till to Medgar Evers...
...Things look better, but I have to reserve judgement," Nixon says. "The first part of last year we were looking at $18 billion in cuts to loan programs, so really, it's all relative...
...every federal law enforcement agency involved in the Ruby Ridge incident." In addition to the FBI, the committee scored the U.S. Marshals Service and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The report singled out FBI Director Louis Freeh, who took office after the shootout, for using "questionable judgement" when he merely reprimanded, then promoted, Larry Potts, his former deputy and friend. Potts, who has been removed from the FBI, is one of five top FBI officials under investigation for their roles in the incident, which left Weaver's wife and 14-year old son and a U.S. Marshal...