Word: moralisms
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...moral of this story be very clear. The outcome of the Palestinian elections reflects not the heroic victory of Hamas, but the crushing defeat of the Fatah. Corruption, empty promises and a deteriorating economy have given way to the promise of order and the hope for a brighter economic future for the average Palestinian...
...politics,” says Eric P. Lesser ‘07, president of the Harvard College Democrats. Lesser says that his Judaism is especially important to him, and that Jewish values, such as tzedekah (justice or charity), tikkun olam (healing the world), and mitzvah (God’s moral commandments), make him a Democrat.The Dems boast many Jewish members like Lesser, but Harvard Dems member Kyle A. Krahel ’08 claims that like the HRC, it “is not a monolithic religious group.”Outspoken and passionate—and still a practicing...
Another chief concern is the development of moral reasoning and character. Bok spends considerable time describing the role of university leaders in shaping an ethical community. Everyone—from presidents to dormitory proctors—contributes to setting a moral standard. If moral development is not to be “merely an option for students who are interested...and for college authorities when it is not too costly,” universities must actively seek to promote more ethical thinking in daily life and at every level...
...some abortion foes, this represents moral courage; to others, a righteous, and reckless, act of grandstanding. Some women?s rights activists saw an appalling indifference to the physical and emotional trauma suffered by victims of sexual crimes. Others saw an opportunity. And so here is where things get really interesting...
...Looby practically snorts at this: ?What about a woman who decides to continue a pregnancy? Is that clouded judgment as well?? Hunt himself acknowledges, as long as we are probing moral consistency, that if the doctor is taking a life, ?why not charge a higher-class felony?? It?s just part of the balancing act, he says. If you want to save unborn children you have to target the doctors. But ?my feeling is that whether a doctor were facing 5 years or 20, it will have the same impact...