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Nesson’s critics point to the sensitivity of the issues his mock trial would address. But why does it follow from this sensitivity that there must be a moratorium on public reflection? Doesn’t that very sensitivity make public discussion all the more urgent? And given the complexity of the problem, wouldn’t a procedure designed to weigh competing claims and arrive at a deliberated outcome be useful in finding solutions...
...What has never been established, however, is whether it is acceptable--legally or ethically--to conduct clinical trials that offer no potential benefit to participants (other than monetary gain) and could end up harming individuals in the name of public health. In December the EPA declared a moratorium on the use of such data and asked the National Academy of Sciences to tell the agency whether it should accept research that deliberately exposes people to toxic substances. "Are there clear boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable human research?" asked EPA assistant administrator Stephen Johnson. The academy is mulling over the question...
...Riverside neighbors took their fight to the city council, where they requested and received a moratorium on building until the neighborhood has figured out how much of Harvard it will tolerate—and for the time being, residents’ anger is only simmering...
...recent article in the Jerusalem Post, Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz proposes that Israel adopt an innovative counter-terror policy: institute a temporary moratorium on retaliatory attacks for acts of terrorism, give the Palestinian Authority five days to prevent terror attacks, and then begin to destroy entire Palestinian villages in response to each act of Palestinian terrorism. It is appalling to hear a supposed civil libertarian advocate such a blatantly racist course of action; it is inconceivable that Dershowitz would propose collective punishment if the victims were Americans or Jews...
...students were protesting a Mar. 11 op-ed in the Jerusalem Post in which Dershowitz suggested Israel issue a moratorium on retaliation from terrorist attacks for about five days. If terrorists then resumed their attacks, Dershowitz said, then for every attack Israel should bulldoze a Palestinian village that had been “used as a base for terrorist operations”—after giving the residents 24 hours to leave. In addition, he suggested that Israel announce a “waiting list” of villages to be bulldozed in the event of further terrorist attacks...