Word: moralisms
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DYSON: The fundamental change is that most individuals have more choice. They also have more responsibility: if they don't like the way things are, they can't complain as much--at least not with moral justification. And not everybody likes that. It can be comfortable just to follow orders. But if you consider that most people have a better chance of getting what they want because they have more choices, then by and large, there's progress. People have more choice: they have more power "to," even though they don't have more power "over...
...idea we've discussed of the multiplication of identity. We will have more debates and disputes, like the one over creationism. When you're having 100 arguments at once, no one of them matters the way it used to. It's important not to use a 19th century moral lens to evaluate the kind of debates we're going to have in the 21st century. We have to accept that the general noise level will increase, but that doesn't matter. You can be a creationist at night and go to work in the morning as a pediatrician and save...
Final clubs are an intoxicating experience. Since the start of freshman year, they have kept me drunk: drunk with enough alcohol to kill a small country, but also drunk with a sad sense of social elitism. Despite many moral misgivings, however, I still find myself—now a senior—standing at their doorsteps and date events, indulging my guilty pleasure. I keep going because I lack a clear conviction as to why I should not.I often feel that I operate in two different worlds here at Harvard. In one, I find my favorite classmates and closest friends...
While the report extensively justifies the importance of certain types of classes such as those in moral reasoning, quantitative analysis, and foundational knowledge, the recommendations themselves stop short of requiring these components...
...example, the report “strongly recommends” that students take courses in moral reasoning and in quantitative analysis, and goes to great length to justify the importance of these courses, but does not advocate making such courses a mandatory part of a Harvard education...