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...method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant,” Gandhi wrote. The story of India’s nonviolent fight for independence is well known. If nothing else, the popularity of the 1982 film Gandhi ensured that, setting both its eponymous hero and his partner, Jawaharlal Nehru, who would become India’s first Prime Minister, firmly in the American consciousness...
First, Viscusi and Aldy’s method would produce a much lower estimate for “the value of a statistical life” in a Third World country, where workers might—out of necessity—accept much greater risks for higher pay. (Many will find this observation so repugnant that it renders the entire “statistical life” approach illegitimate...
When asked in an interview why he chose this method of selection, Wegner alluded to two sides to shopping period. While students actively engage in evaluating classes, teachers, syllabi, and so forth, so too do professors take the time to select students in order to create the best learning environment for their class. Certain criteria such as good attendance and punctuality are among the values professors seek to uphold in the classroom. “Shopping period goes both ways,” Wegner argued. “The students are shopping and so are professors?...
...structure of shopping period as the two main culprits in this conflict—his selection process was a necessary response to a very flawed administrative system that was not willing to help professors deal with enrollment constraints. In recognizing some of the downfalls to his own method, Wegner admitted, “It may not have been the most fair solution. But I thought it was the most reasonable method given that there was no administrative support for solving this problem with the current shopping system.” When it comes to capping small, yet popular, classes...
First, Viscusi and Aldy’s method would produce a much lower estimate for “the value of a statistical life” in a Third World country, where workers might—out of necessity—accept much greater risks for higher pay. (Many will find this observation so repugnant that it renders the entire “statistical life” approach illegitimate...