Word: notionalism
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Further, by labeling actual enforcement of the rule as “elitist,” you reinforce the notion that Harvard students should be able to get whatever they want, even if it means breaking rules. Even if we disagree on whether the rule is appropriate, I’d like to think that most of us recognize that it is still inappropriate to steal large amounts of food or treat the dining hall staff with disrespect. If someone wants to brazenly walk in without swiping, take food they aren’t paying for (causing food shortages...
...point is not to equate stem-cell research with the Tuskegee experiments. But judging by our universal revulsion at the Tuskegee story, it’s clear that Americans have reached a bioethical consensus that firmly rejects the notion of sacrificing some human beings for the sake of (possibly) curing others’ physical ailments...
...last 18 months. Single-sex education also continues to be popular for non-public schools nationwide. The old Title IX regulations, however, only allowed families with the means to send their children to same-sex private schools; everyone else had to put up with a government-enforced notion of political correctness...
...While Taiwan's feisty voters look increasingly likely to use their presidential election to contest the notion of "one country," a growing chorus of voices in Hong Kong has begun to demand more political autonomy in the name of "two systems." The mainland has come to expect and prepare for periodic flare-ups from Taiwan, but repeated episodes of political unruliness in Hong Kong have caught Beijing off guard. The tactics it's using to keep the former British colony in check only seem to strengthen support for its opponents. Last summer, when the Hong Kong government tried to introduce...
...understands that when we're going off to Africa or India, it's because we're lucky enough to have some money that we want to use to help improve the health of these people and give back in the right way. So they have a notion of that...