Word: moralisms
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...length to which Harvard or any institution ought to go to accommodate a range of religious and moral codes presents a complicated question. Although most Westerners reject the idea that a woman ought to veil when in the streets, Harvard fashions itself as a university of the world. Attracting the greatest talents requires accommodating a wide range of social preferences...
...three more. And like an abusive boyfriend or a Zen monk, it’s more or less impossible to resist. What initially appeared to be a creepy survival-in-the-face-of-monsters thrill ride has morphed into a “Twilight Zone” version of Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice.” It’s a universe in which Locke literally faces off against Rousseau and people have started time-traveling and talking to ghosts for no apparent reason. “Lost” fanatics sustain their much-abused curiosity with...
...woken up fairly early to see the results, but quickly got back into bed after having my entire day ruined. I lay there thinking, “Why am I the only person that hates this movie?”I quickly decided it wasn’t a moral issue. Pregnancy, especially teen pregnancy, can be very funny: “Saved!” and Lifetime’s TV movie, “Too Young to Be a Dad,” are just two great examples. If anyone’s being preachy, it?...
...Dexter is also an exploration of what morality is. Is Dexter truly a moral person or an animal who's learned a sophisticated trick? "People fake a lot of human interactions," he says, "but I feel like I fake them all. And I fake them very well." Unlike CSI, Dexter is informed by a philosophical question: whether humanity is more than the sum of one's outward actions...
...unforgivable affront to democracy.One citizen, one vote: A principle basic enough for elementary students to grasp manages to elude our major political parties. Privileged as they are by electoral laws that make third-party success all but impossible, the Democrats and Republicans cannot hide behind tired excuses of their moral or legal independence as “private organizations.” Their fundamental tie to the government—which, for example, allows primary election ballots to run alongside other state election issues—obligates these political parties to higher standards of democratic fairness than mere private institutions...