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...recent history, it is misguided to complain about the recipients of donations instead of celebrating the few who are still able and willing to part with money for causes they support. Even though he encourages giving elsewhere, Cohen’s claims about the alleged “morality?? involved only serve to discourage the few who can still afford to make charitable donations...
...start applying the skills they only recently learned to produce short stage plays of their own creation. With four middle schools participating in the program this year, the youth group will perform four 20-minute plays. Ranging from comedy to action—and tackling themes such as superhero morality??these shows feature some serious professional work with a fair share of depth. According to Philip A. Petrou ’09, the vice president of the program, the goal of Kidshow! is to “instill a sense of appreciation” for the arts, especially...
...Dawkins explains that morality developed in a similar vein. Morality??in the form of kindness, altruism, generosity, empathy, and pity—is nothing more than “misfirings, Darwinian mistakes: blessed, precious mistakes,” he explains. Morality is the by-product of kin altruism, which was once beneficial to the survival of our prehistoric ancestors. Unlike religion however, morality is a beneficial result of evolution...
...most important challenge for leadership in the twenty-first century.” He criticized the “AIDS denialism” of the South African government and accused Clinton and Gore of being swayed by drug companies. A “practical morality?? in dealing with the issue, he argued, was critical. Any agenda to address AIDS, he said, would have to protect society’s “most vulnerable and marginalized members” such as young African women and be based on sound science. Achmat encouraged Harvard student activists to contribute...
...locker-room fantasies. Likely, the Republicans will go crazy, homophobic hicks across America will charge up the repression engine, church groups will picket the screenings, and President Bush will think fondly of his favorite stable boys. “Something’s rotten in the State of Christian Morality??—This problem can be fixed easily with a good dose of heavy-handed allegory! I’m referring here of course to the weekend’s blockbuster—the first installment in the non-awaited film adaptations...