Word: morale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard does not provide enough moral guidance for its students, according to Martin Wishnatsky '66, founder of Good Morals, an organization promoting sexual purity and faith...
...this moral laxity has grown...
Wishnatsky said the current moral state of theCollege continually distresses him. In 1990, hewrote to then-President Derek Bok asking Bok todenounce a same-sex "kiss-in" at Dunster House.Bok declined, suggesting Wishnatsky not attend his25th reunion if he felt discomfort. Wishnatskysaid he took Bok's advice
...seems the present system in the United States is the only workable solution. That is tragic, though. All too often, we confuse "the moral" with "the religious," stigmatizing any discussion of morality in the public arena. Religion should rightfully be kept out of political discourse, but the underlying idea for which all religions stand--leading one's life in a rightful, moral manner--should never be marginalized...
...presume to define morality here; indeed, moral standards can change over time and space. But that's all the more reason to discuss them in the public arena. Nothing could be more democratic or more American. When we put our hands up and refuse to discuss the implications of the actions of immoral individuals--on the grounds that individual rights are more vital to the functioning of American democracy than context specific values--we do our country and our children a disservice...