Word: moral
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anyone who says otherwise, such students might claim, is a moral prig. Somehow the rights emanating from the fact that human beings occasionally engage in sexual intercourse have trumped the rights emanating the fact that human beings possess minds and consciences. This is not compatible with the spirit of the Constitution, and it is surely not consonant with the purpose of this University...
...have found anything else to blame us for? In addition to the ills listed above, he covers Harvard's struggling party scene, issues in his own social life and even the inappropriate behavior of a former employer. How about world hunger? Or the spotted owl? Society might be experiencing moral decay, but Friedland needs to find a more reasonable target for his finger pointing and name-calling...
...general the topic goes untouched. And why not? It is not a particularly pleasant subject to discuss. Nobody is a fan of abortion; it is only that some, myself included, believe in the necessity of choice. But who wants to talk about abortion and open a moral can of worms? So it is rarely mentioned; and until someone is shot through their window, I am complacent about my freedom of choice...
However, according to Schaller, "any student who for whatever reason has a concern, be it moral, ethical or religious concern about an academic program, is encouraged to talk to an advisor." Though each student's objections are considered on a case-by-case basis, students who have "concerns" can technically opt out of any course. Schaller had no information as to whether other students opt out of procedures other than abortions...
...given special treatment. If a young medical student feels a little squeamish learning about open heart surgery, he or she can speak to an advisor and be excused from class. It seems implausible that someone can graduate from Harvard Medical School skipping a variety of classes based on different moral, ethical, religious objections...