Word: moralizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Bok released a statement yesterday attributing Harvard's reluctance to take a stand on moral issues to his belief that such stands may imperil the University's finances and its ability to contribute to society as a place of free thought, inquiry and open discussion...
...principal issue before the University "is whether we should go further and use the University as a means of expressing moral disapproval or as a weapon in our fight against injustice even if we threaten to injure the academic functions of the institution," Bok's statement reads...
According to Bok, when a university takes a stand on a moral or political issue, it endangers the three conditions which guarantee it can fulfill its "special mission...
James Q. Wilson, chairman of the subcommittee and Shattuck Professor of Government, named four to five possible courses which involve "investigations of moral issues," Wilcox said yesterday. Wilson declined to comment yesterday on specific proposals...
...Daniel I. Schecter, a former Nieman Fellow and former WBCN news director, says, "The new management is hiding behind narrow legalisms to evade their moral responsibility...