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...greater issue plaguing stem-cell research is the moral one: should scientists experiment with cloned human embryos. Did this controversy deepen public mistrust of stem-cell research in general? The purpose of therapeutic cloning is not to clone human beings. Therapeutic cloning is used to create cells for curing patients with degenerative diseases without immune system rejection. I believe that the public is in favor of therapeutic cloning...
Directed by Stephen GaghanWarner Bros. Pictures4 1/2 stars“Syriana” is hardly the feel-good movie of the year. The audience has little to latch onto: there are no tidy conclusions, no moral victories. Jagged scenes, choppy story lines, and sharp dialogue bemuse and befuddle. The plot snakes in and around itself, yet the narrative entanglement revealed by the narrative peak lacks any sort of clear solution.But this uneasiness sets “Syriana” apart as striking and provocative. The movie raises questions about politics, war, and the Middle East through the lens...
...battle alongside these poorly animated beasts, the Pevensie children look awkward, not valiant. The obnoxious Hobbit-sized protagonists have even less acting talent than Elijah Wood and their performances are extremely grating—except for the adorable and honest young heroine, Lucy (Georgie Henley). Lucy’s moral fiber and goodness reflects the one element of Narnia that Adamson is able to translate to film: Lewis’s grounding in Christian theology, the philosophy of agape (ultimate sacrifice and love), and the mythos of Christ’s resurrection. The film teeters on the fine line between...
...role of the military should be to do what it does well.” Fick, who served as a marine before starting at the KSG in 2003, said soft power is important when dealing with counterterrorism. “To paraphrase Napoleon, ‘moral is to physical as three is to one,’” Fick said. “In counterinsurgency, soft power is to hard power and 10 is to one.” Fick discussed the pros and cons of soft power in the Iraq war. For positives, he cited psychological...
...that I had to justify.”Many Harvard Jewish students say that both dating and marrying within the faith are important to them.“I think that dating within the faith...is a strong value that many Jews have. To have the president or the moral leader of the community not acting in line with that value is a questionable thing,” Summer said. GIRLFRIEND VS. GOD Some students say that having a partner of a different faith or with a different level of commitment to the faith may interfere with their own relationship...