Word: moralizations
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...liberal Manhattan were appalled. "It could never happen here," they insisted. But it is happening there-at the corner of 70th and Broadway. The Sherman Square condominium tower rejected the application of an unmarried couple. (No, the couple is not gay.) The co-op says it isn't a moral judgment. It feels it shouldn?t be forced into a legal contract with two people who are not even willing to be legally bound to each other. Isn't that reasonable...
...they said America could be patient abroad if it democratically solved problems at home, something the Soviet Union could not do. After the Soviets launched Sputnik, John F. Kennedy said America's cold war struggle depended on American kids learning science. "Every ... measure ... to improve self-confidence, discipline, moral and community spirit," wrote George Kennan, Truman's head of policy planning, "is a diplomatic victory over Moscow...
...some men in Kilo Company apparently snap? Perhaps because of the stress of fighting a violent and unpopular war--or because their commanders failed them. Military psychiatrists who have studied what makes a soldier's moral compass go haywire in battle look first for a weak chain of command. That was a factor in the March 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, when U.S. soldiers, including members of an Army platoon led by Lieut. William Calley, killed some 500 Vietnamese. Says a retired Army Green Beret colonel who fought in Vietnam: "Somebody has failed to say, 'No, that...
...moral victory is won, says Steve Berman, a Seattle attorney representing some 21,000 employees who lost their pensions. "Now we hope to get them an economic victory." Banks like JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, who financed Enron's schemes with stock and bond offerings, have already agreed to pay $7.3 billion in restitution to shareholders. They're getting nothing from Skilling and Lay, whom the feds are already dunning for more than $150 million. "There's little chance of recovery from them, but most will be satisfied that Skilling and Lay were convicted," says Robin Harrison of Houston...
Cornerstone chair Michael S. Rooney ’07 says, “Condemnations of homosexuality in the Bible almost invariably refer to aggressive sexual acts, such as rape, or to the religious rituals practiced by opposing sects. Never does the Bible make any comment on the moral nature of a committed, loving homosexual relationship.” As Rooney demonstrates, there are ways to reconcile social and religious norms with sexual orientation, and BGLT students should begin this difficult but important process at Harvard, which offers some great resources and understanding peers with whom to share your experiences...