Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With all this understood, there is no doubt a large element of moral catharsis involved in an exposition of Engelhard's misdeeds. Nevertheless, the question -- now clearly moot -- must be asked: Should Harvard have accepted this gift...
...gifts, so to start singling out the gifts of some as unnacceptable is hypocritical. A Kennedy School official, attempting to explain his approach to gifts such as the Engelhard million, said he found some validity in the argument President Lowell used to make, that "to reject one gift on moral grounds would be to certify the moral validity and rectitude of past gifts." This argument seems as much an abdication of social responsibility as Engelhard's explanation of why he chose not to criticize the South African government...
Once again the Carter Administration finds itself in a moral dilemma: Do we tolerate the Shah's fascist savagery as long as he satisfies our anti-Communist needs...
...where another rugged battle is expected, it will only partly relieve the nation's energy problems. Despite Carter's cries of triumph, the bill is far different from what he originally proposed. The legislation he put forward last year in response to his own declaration of a "moral equivalent of war" actually called for the continued regulation of gas prices, whereas the final version is a complex formula for gradual deregulation by 1985. Even its supporters gave it a grade of C minus; opponents flunk it outright...
Ideological "Disincentives." Even as Carter was outlining his export program, he reaffirmed his commitment to his human rights crusade. Whatever its moral and political merits, the program has hurt exports. Given the generally accepted rule of thumb that every $1 billion in exports supports 30,000 to 40,000 jobs, the cost of the various official "disincentives" to trade is high. Treasury officials reckon that the U.S. loses up to $10 billion a year in sales because of various foreign policy considerations. The Jackson-Vanik amendment to the 1974 Trade Act, for example, denies the most-favored-nation status...