Word: moralisms
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...debut in 1967 with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead--his absurdist riff on a pair of minor characters in Hamlet--Stoppard has become almost a genre unto himself, taking intellectual, often abstruse subject matter and turning it into challenging yet playful drama. His game, frequently, is the oddball juxtaposition: moral philosophy and gymnastics (Jumpers); Fermat's last theorem and Byron's love poetry (Arcadia); James Joyce and Vladimir Lenin (Travesties). "Tom said to me once that he decides on one play, and then shortly after decides on a different one," says Trevor Nunn, director of Rock 'n' Roll and several...
...math, and I’m certainly not going to make a career in philosophy. Even after Science A, I cannot now tell you the difference between an ampere and a light year. I could sum up the categorical imperative in three sentences, but I learned much more about moral reasoning from making hard decisions in my extracurricular than I did listening to my peers’ opinions about the justice of cannibalism. Likewise, I’m not sure what my biochemist blockmates are really gaining from their humanities classes other than cocktail party conversation. But are they really...
With the exception of Moral Reasoning and Science A, I’ve actually lucked out with Cores. I managed to pick classes that exposed me to new facts about French cinema, lactational amenorrhea, or immigration in straightforward terms, without feeling terribly dumbed-down. I don’t feel very well-rounded in different disciplines, but these classes raised questions and proposed solutions that spoke directly to my life: What impact does government policy have on students? How will changing demographic trends affect my own children? Really, my uterus does that...
...Charges against Pamuk of “insulting Turkish identity” for remarks he made to a Swiss newspaper about the mass killing of Armenians in Turkey during World War I were later dropped in January 2006 following an international outcry. “Firstly, it is a moral issue. For me, it is a Turkish issue. And unfortunately, now it is getting to be more and more of an international issue. For me, it is an issue of free speech in Turkey, that the Turks should be able to talk about this, no matter what...
...thankless, as nothing makes her merciless CIA executive the least bit interesting or human. The only actor to shine beyond the constraints of the tired script is Peter Sarsgaard, who plays Witherspoon’s college friend and former lover. Unlike most characters in the film, Saarsgard grapples with moral quandaries in a relatable way, and the actor distinguishes himself in what could have been little more than a supporting role...