Word: moralizers
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...novels make moral arguments, although some of them are more subtle than others, according to novelist Zadie Smith, who spoke at Agassiz Theater yesterday...
Smith attempted to debunk what she called the myth that only formidable texts on moral philosophy can speak to issues of morality...
...bold line that separates life and death, and this was the line where they chose to make their stand, their professional codes of conduct be damned. When one is lost in a sandstorm, deafened by artillery and surrounded by primal cries of agony, an ethical lapse can be a moral leap...
Harvard College requires all of its students to take courses in moral reasoning. To quote from the course catalog, moral reasoning courses “are intended to show that it is possible to reflect reasonably about such matters as justice, obligation, citizenship, loyalty, courage, and personal responsibility.” Yet these courses are funded by the weapons manufacturers in which Harvard invests...
...professor in the Divinity School). As reported in your April 4 issue, this statement did not call for divestment but for a large debate regarding the University’s financial gain from its investments in defense contractors as a result of the war on Iraq and the moral concern it raises for the numerous members of the Harvard community who are opposed to this...