Word: moralizations
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...driven culture of his home town, his avid defense of gay rights and his firm belief that women, rather than men, should rule the world. But if Cobain is a saint, then we must reexamine our definition of sainthood. Cobain’s brand was not one founded on moral perfectionism, guilt or self-flagellation, but one that upholds sincerity and human decency above status and personal achievement, and is willing to forgive and occasionally to embrace the flaws that make us human. Now that Cobain is long gone, and rock has all but gone belly-up, who is there...
While Sandel expressed moral qualms with genetic enhancement, Pinker focused on the scientific improbability of the problem...
Sandel’s moral objections to genetic manipulation focused on three points: it is unfair, discriminatory, and arrogant...
Most importantly, graduating students should be self-assured and self-aware: self-assured enough to navigate confidently through the problems they will face in life and yet self-aware enough to recognize their limitations. They should also have a firm moral compass, not necessarily a rigidly inflexible set of rules, but certainly a definite sense of right and wrong which can be applied throughout life. They should be civilized, without ever losing sight of the importance of being civil...
These are biblical times. The turning of the second millennium has brought war, rumors of war and all sorts of neo-Jehovian high jinks. Our leaders are plagued by enemies and temptations that have turned out to be divinely revelatory. Bill Clinton--the exemplar of baby-boom licentiousness and moral relativism--was brought low by a thong-flashing Gomorrean hussy; in the subsequent public scourging, his debauchery yielded more profound character flaws: his tendency to lawyer the truth...