Word: moralisms
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...displaced persons must be relieved, and the structural safeguards to protect returning refugees must be implemented. Harvard’s divestment was a first step in this direction, but if Harvard’s divestment is to mean anything, it must be followed by a cascade of divestments and moral declarations from responsible institutions across the country...
Tuesday, November 15. “Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics,” by Michael Sandel. The professor who teaches Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice” takes on current hot topics: abortion, affirmative action, gay rights, and stem cell research, among others. Harvard University Press...
Gijs M. De Vries, a Dutch national who is counter-terrorism coordinator for the Council of the European Union (E.U.), told his audience that the front of the struggle against terrorism lies with diplomatic, financial, and moral warfare—rather than with military force. Terrorism, he said, poses a unique threat because its dangers are constantly evolving...
...Dover plaintiffs are bringing in scientists to try and persuade the court that ID isn't really science, but rather the exact opposite. If they lose, they will likely take consolation from the fact that back in 1925, Scopes was actually convicted. But he won a moral victory, because publicity from the trial made a laughingstock of anti-evolutionists - for most of a century, anyway...
...time Garzón has been criticized by the courts for failing to provide sufficient evidence for conviction in his cases. "Several cases prepared by Garzón have ended without convictions," she noted, "which makes one wonder whether there are failures in his preparation. Often one can have moral conviction that someone is guilty, but unless it can be proved there is no case." That has prompted speculation that Judge Garzón, who is currently on sabbatical in New York, may be gradually moved out of the spotlight he has enjoyed in a number of high-profile human...