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...treatment, leading some students to question why one catastrophe deserved special philanthropic measures and the other did not. The disaster in Pakistan killed over 80,000 people and left an estimated 3.5 million survivors homeless—numbers that dwarf those that Katrina left devastated in its wake. The moral conundrum as to when to step beyond the bounds of pedagogy and into the realm of philanthropy is undeniably murky, and we recognize that there is no clear test as to when to spearhead relief efforts or other charitable causes.Given this ambiguity, we wrote in October that the administration...
...underdevelopment, and environment degradation. Yet, while it may be more distressing and less profitable to deal with Africa than with other regions or issues, it must not be ignored. Africa’s problems are precisely the reason to hone in on the continent—both for the moral cause of helping fellow humans, and for the self-interested rationale of preventing Africa’s plights from spreading or arising elsewhere...
Hate crimes are terrible acts of ignorance that hurt the entire communities of the victims involved. But if this label is too quickly attached or used toward other ends, it is stripped of all meaning and all moral authority on the subject is lost...
...American and De Beers to get deeply involved in battling the disease, providing HIV medication to employees and their families and even surrounding communities. Neilsen says executives at firms that depend on raw materials coming from those mines need to be worried as well. "Even if you remove any moral consideration and look at it in pure business terms," he says, "spending a tiny sum to protect your supply chain will be good for your investors." Roughly 150 firms have joined GBC in the past 2 1/2 years to better coordinate the business response...
...detests. The narrator, asked if he’s rehabilitated himself after his crime, loses his cool. “You got a lot a damn gall,” he explodes, “to ask me…if I’m moral enough to join the army, burn women, kids, houses, and villages after bein’ a litterbug.”As the debate over the Solomon Amendment plays out in the Supreme Court, I often find myself thinking about Arlo. After all, beyond the other questions that surround the military?...