Word: kantã
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Moss is a mathematics concentrator from Normal, Ill. She plans to study philosophy at Oxford. Her thesis subject is topological social choice, but she has also focused on the study of Kant??€™s ethical theory. Moss is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, plays violin in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and has worked for Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO...
When President Lawrence H. Summers outlined his plans for reinvigorating undergraduate education in his inaugural speech, he stated that no Harvard student would be proud to admit not having read Shakespeare or not having learned the meaning of Kant??€™s categorical imperative. He also noted that an ignorance of science—not knowing a gene from a chromosome or the meaning of exponential growth—was common, even fashionable, among the student body...
...truth, however, is that Summers was overly optimistic. Not only do many Harvard students lack the necessary literacy in the natural sciences, students can and do graduate from the College without encountering either Shakespeare or Kant??€”and without a basic understanding of or exposure to many of the world’s great intellectual achievements. If Summers wishes to leave an academic mark upon the College, he should work with the Faculty to reform undergraduate education on a fundamental level, combining the abolition of the current Core Curriculum and stronger instruction in science with a new requirement that...
...books on the lists are incredibly interesting and engaging. There’s nothing worse than the feeling of bittersweet regret that comes around Reading Period when you read a particularly good selection and finally understand what your professor and teaching fellow meant when they were talking about Kant??€™s categorical imperative seven weeks...