Word: oughtness
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...conversation of what his analysis really means for the black community. Throughout the book, his arguments fall flat because of his conception of Black America. If the requirement for citizenship in Black America is only a matter of choice—Kennedy asserts that people “ought to be permitted presumptively to enter and exit racial categories at their choosing, even if the choices made clash with conventional understandings of racial classification”—then does racial treason really exist? Ultimately, Kennedy’s undertaking can be summed up with one word: grapple. Indeed...
Even something that ought to help--having a personal trainer--can hurt over time. Research at the University of Saskatchewan shows that while a trainer may ensure that we stick to a fitness program, our resolve melts away once the training sessions end. In these cases, we become so dependent on someone else to monitor our progress that we never develop what psychologists call the self-efficacy to follow a plan...
...Machiavelli or early American midwifery.As such, professors, if we trust the judgment of Harvard, are credible authorities in their fields and are qualified to pass on their vast knowledge to students, in perspicacious lectures, well-structured seminars, and carefully-selected reading lists. Such lights of the Academy ought to be entrusted with deciding what students should read and what they should learn. If not they, then who?According to the zeitgeist of the Faculty and of this venerable page, the answer is most obvious: the students themselves.The new “Q” regulations require professors to offer course...
...Survivor 3,452: Missouri—these are not unreasonable demands. The shows, whether aired on television, DVD, or on the internet—as many networks now do—are fundamentally a product of the screenwriters’ work, and the residuals for all forms of media ought to reflect that...
...length to which Harvard or any institution ought to go to accommodate a range of religious and moral codes presents a complicated question. Although most Westerners reject the idea that a woman ought to veil when in the streets, Harvard fashions itself as a university of the world. Attracting the greatest talents requires accommodating a wide range of social preferences...