Word: money
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THIS Ivory-Tower paradox disturbs me enormously. How can I advise readers, say, not to take advantage of Eastern's money-saving fares just because "it would be wrong," when I can overcome ethical qualms in an exactly analogous situation. How can I justify condemning those who invest in South Africa for profiting from institutionalized racism when I am earning money through an ethically questionable business...
Like thousands of 60s leftists turned 80s salary-earners, I don't believe that money-making is inherently bad. But neither should it be a summum bonum. Individual profit-seeking must be weighed against a larger social good. That's why we condemn Ford Motor Company for its combusting Pinto and Frank Lorenzo for his union-busting...
...wouldn't do it if I didn't need the money so much. For precisely the same reason, Brazil allows the decimation of its rainforests and auto manufacturers resist pollution control...
Unfortunately, in the myriad conflicts between principles and money, there is no obvious place to draw the line. I still can't decide on which side my Princeton Review work falls. But if I ever save enough money, maybe I'll quit...
...letter yesterday to Defense Secretary Richard Cheney, Gejdenson warned that eliminating what was expected to be the last of the Los Angeles class series could endanger smooth production of the next generation of attack submarines and cost the Navy money in the long...