Word: moralisms
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That Google would even consider pulling out of a burgeoning and potentially very lucrative market out of moral concerns is impressive in many respects. Although Google’s 30.1 percent share of the Chinese search engine market is relatively paltry compared to the 63.9 percent share held by China’s homegrown Baidu, withdrawing from the country altogether represents a very serious business decision for the company...
...large and highly visible multinational corporation, Google has set an admirable example by risking financial loss in order to fulfill what it sees as its moral responsibilities. We hope that other major U.S. corporations in China—such as Microsoft, which has so far commented negatively on Google’s decision—will consider following Google’s lead...
...worked in Downing Street for Blair from 1998 to 2001, and although I had left his staff before the buildup to war, the Tony Blair I knew had a clear sense of right and wrong based on profound moral convictions. If anything, he saw things as either black or white too often: there were few gray areas for Blair. That contributed to an impatience with those who did not agree with him and a steadfast determination to achieve what he believed to be right by whatever means necessary...
Though disputed by the other side, the argument has legal resonance because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled, in its landmark 2004 Lawrence v. Texas decision decriminalizing gay sex, that by itself moral opprobrium by the majority, no matter how long-standing, is not enough to justify discriminatory treatment of minorities, including gays and lesbians...
Woodrow Wilson once said that football "develops more moral qualities than any other game of athletics." The game has always been a laboratory for traits like teamwork, discipline and perseverance. If it is to remain a metaphor for American exceptionalism, however, we can't let it leave so many victims in its wake. Here's a game plan to lessen the pain...