Word: judgmentalism
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...smart enough to make up their own minds on whether to join the military or not, is hypocritical in the extreme. Law firms participating in the same recruitment interviews are offering upwards of $125,000 a year to new graduates. Presumably that is the market value of intelligence and judgment honed by three years at Harvard Law. But the professors’ true estimate of their students’ wisdom is revealed by their belief that the same students will be swayed unduly by the romance of working in remote locations and war zones and being paid a third...
...assumption that the UC does not fund transportation costs, yet the UC’s website—as well as the UC’s communications with certain clubs—has relayed information to the contrary. Ultimately, its erratic application of vague rules amounts to a value judgment of the relative merit of organizations. More importantly, the guidelines’ uneven application is a disservice to groups who would have otherwise applied to the UC for transportation grants had they known such money was available...
...Mission Hill incident simply demonstrated that ad hoc awards and human judgment play too large a role in the grants process. We recognize that evaluation of grant applications will undoubtedly require some human element, but such subjectivity ought to be minimized in the name of fairness. Such value judgments should only play a part in the development of these rules, which should consider, among other factors, the relative necessity of funding to the particular group in question...
...graduated from Harvard Law School in 1982, said he was not competing for labels. “Who cares whether they call a program ‘liberal’ if it helps someone who needs help and it works. Who cares whether they call a tough fiscal judgment ‘conservative’ if makes good fiscal sense,” said Patrick. “Enough already with ‘the right’ versus ‘the left.’ Let’s focus on right versus wrong.” Patrick?...
...judgment if we get the politics of this right, we get a government of national unity, and if we get sensitive ministries in the hands of people who are unifiers, who are broadly trusted, then I think you will begin to reverse this trend-contain it and to reverse...