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Economics concentrators might balk at the idea of writing a close-reading paper for a Literature and Arts A course (close reading exercises may seem, to them, the equivalent of a problem set), chemistry concentrators may very well abhor their Moral Reasoning exams, but practicing writing, it seems to me, is always practical. Expos, in theory, prepares every Harvard student for four years of academic writing, and these early lessons are borne out through the undergraduate years, as most students will write a paper of some sort each semester...
...essays, which are then quickly tossed aside in favor of more alluring texts like CUE guides, course catalogs, and ever-handy copies of “Writing with Sources.”Today, Harvard makes one last-ditch attempt to force students to think critically about ethics through the Moral Reasoning core. There, students are asked to question their own beliefs. What is justice? If there is no God, is all permitted? And other such quandaries.Under the new General Education plan proposed by the Committee on General Education, however, moral reasoning classes may be stricken from the catalog. The proposal...
...seems that everybody on campus has selected one Core Curriculum area that they feel we must keep in the new general education system. In particular, Moral Reasoning seems to have garnered a plethora of supporters who want to graft it onto the proposed system of three courses in each of three areas—the Study of Societies, Science and Technology, and the Arts and Humanities—which could be fulfilled with either departmental courses or broad interdisciplinary “Courses in General Education.” Despite their good intentions, we believe that there should...
With the possible impending departure of Moral Reasoning, FM asked several campus luminaries which books on ethics students should read in place of a required course. Check ’em out (from the library, that...
Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker: “The Possibility of Altruism,” Thomas Nagel “Created from Animals,” James Rachels “The Expanding Circle,” Peter Singer “The Moral Animal,” Robert Wright “Passions Within Reason,” Robert Frank “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Woody Allen “Enemies: A Love Story,” Isaac Bashevis Singer “The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish” (in the collection...