Word: moral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first faculty lecture, given by Robert M. Coles '50, professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities, drew a capacity crowd that filled Science Center B and overflowed into Science Center A, where audience members viewed the lecture on closed circuit TV. Coles, who spoke on the "Moral Energy of Young People," drew a standing ovation for his talk...
...subject of affirmative action arises out of the University's moral commitment to excellence in learning in the service of scholarship and society. This commitment extends to the foundation of the University as a moral community of scholars. The joint action of Church and Colony in the formation of the College speaks to this conjunction of civic and scholarly virtue. Harvard has never been devoted simply to abstract scholarship, and it has always understood its primary commitment to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge in the active rather than the passive voice...
...illiterate grandfather, who encouraged his grandson to partake of the intellectual treasures of Harvard, also translated into English that "fools' names are always seen in public places." How can Lee expect to lead, without any moral authority, the Harvard Undergraduate Council. Louis J. Lanzerotti, Ph.D...
DIVESTMENT has been the focus of alumni and student protests for several years, and Tutu has a moral authority with regard to this issue that would grant greater credibility to the divestment movement. His election and the power that he would bring to the pro-divestment faction of overseers may indeed mean that the virtually inactive Board of Overseers will be able to accomplish an important goal...
Tutu will emphasize the facts: investment in South Africa perpetuates apartheid, and South African Blacks overwhelmingly favor divestment. Even Reverend Leon Sullivan, who created a set of moral principles for businesses that chose to stay in South Africa, now calls for a complete withdrawal of foreign funds. At a time when racial conflict is becoming more violent and bloody, both Tutu and Sullivan advocate the use of every peaceful pressure that can be brought against the South African government...