Word: moralized
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...focused and propulsive, hurtling the action forward on the island (where the survivors have been found by "rescuers" of murderous intent) while revealing new dimensions to the characters in the flash-forwards to the future (where we learn that six castaways escaped, at a yet unspecified moral cost...
...grand scheme of things, a one-dollar refund might not seem like much. But in the case of the Harvard University Health Services (UHS) policy that grants students with a “strong moral objection” to abortion a refund on a portion of their health fee, this dollar has more serious implications. It not only undermines the efficacy of University health policy, but also unduly elevates the moral claims of anti-abortionists above all other moral claims...
...Though HRL seemingly encourages students only to opt out “in the interest of principle” and if they have a “strong moral objection,” their decision to send such flyers to all students without disclosing the dollar amount of the refund suggests their intent to cause widespread impact. In targeting the entire student body, HRL seems to betray its stated intentions and actually cause a significant financial effect. By structuring the campaign the way it has chosen to—sweeping house mailboxes to increase “awareness?...
...HRL’s opportunistic campaign seems almost understandable given its mission. The University’s position, however, is less explicable: In providing an opt-out option for abortion specifically, the University unduly elevates the moral claims of anti-abortionists over any other. Jehovah’s Witnesses have no right to opt out of blood transfusion fees, and religious individuals who do not believe in modern medicine are required to have health coverage despite their moral objections. In both of these cases, we as a community have decided that the availability of these procedures and services trumps...
...General Education Standing Committee approved 13 classes at its meeting last Thursday, bringing the total of courses approved for the new Gen Ed curriculum to 39. Among the new inductees is the popular Moral Reasoning 22: “Justice,” taught by Government professor Michael J. Sandel. Routinely one of the largest courses at the College, “Justice” received approval as part of the new “Ethical Reasoning” course category. The once-empty “Science of the Physical Universe” category now contains one class: Science...