Word: judgemental
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STILL, we get atomized by giving too much importance to the peculiarities of others. Minor personal characteristics may be quite important aesthetically--you couldn't have a description without the details--but surely they overstep their purpose when they become a basis for moral judgement. Instead of looking at people, we often sniff out characteristics, representatives of certain stereotypes (usually bad ones...
Instead he argues that a vote, which would not be binding on the Corporation, is not the correct means of dialogue between two groups responsible for guiding Harvard. "In my judgement, a vote of yes or no on divestment will neither promote dialogues and an effort to reach and understanding between the two boards, nor reflect the complexities of the investment policy question," he says...
...Crimson's primary task is to gather news--not police student activists. If campus newspapers find out about a protest beforehand, they send reporters and then assess how significant it was. The editors then pass judgement on where to play the article or if they should publish it at all. Covering the news is a paper's responsibility. By ignoring any tip-offs, a paper would be abdicating its duty...
...tenure case--which mixes the political and the personal, ideology with research. This week's action on the Dalton case--which was based on the written opinions of more than a dozen scholars in her specialty, the personal testimony of four Harvard law professors and the critical judgement of five preeminent legal authorities--is no different...
This is hogwash. Whether a candidate runs on a platform that is anti-apartheid or anti-pu pu platter, whether his or her campaign is political or apolitical, there is an implicit understanding between voters and their choice that the former trusts the latter's judgement in volatile issues like this one regarding the Fly Club. By definition, all governments are inherently political. That the Undergraduate Council identifies itself as a "student government" at the beginning of every schoolyear (when it encourages students to run for office) underscores this truism...