Word: morale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...question-and-answer session Michael Moore gave after the Institute of Politics (IOP) Forum screening of The Big One, he said he thought corporate America was operating with a "get rich quick now" philosophy. Well, Moore is operating with a "get to the moral high ground now" philosophy. Taking the stammerings of front desk receptionists for the authentic response of corporate America, Moore blames big businesses' lack of eloquence on their "indefensible position." But when a Law School student asked Moore whether what he was advocating would lead to Western Europe's inflated economic mess, Moore was only able...
...Those of us who have the kind of securityHarvard provides also have a moral obligation tohelp our peers who are more brutally exposed tomarket forces," he says...
Legally potent, this argument is often flaunted in higher education, for the moral justification of diversity lacks the popularity it once held, but this rationale is still important. Colleges and universities are gateways to elite society. Education is the key that grants one access to privilege, to standing, to power. Universities therefore have a moral obligation to swing wide their doors and extend to those who have historically been missing from this elite an opportunity to change this situation...
WASHINGTON: Ken Starr is saying good-bye to his deanship-by-the-sea. But despite talk of "moral commitments" in today's surprise announcement, the move isn't simply because Starr is worried about keeping Pepperdine's law school waiting while he hunts assorted Arkansas game. It's what TIME Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon calls the "look bad" rule...
These two issues have dominated political debate over the last few years. For many, they are inseparable. For how can Australia take the final step to independence without accepting moral responsibility for the crimes committed against the original inhabitants and without achieving some measure of reconciliation with them...