Word: paternalistic
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...Jews in the Belorussian woods and fought off the soldiers hunting them down. They helped other Jews escape the Warsaw ghetto. The Bielskis' heroism saved about as many Jewish lives as the hero of Schindler's List did. And they were family, not a wealthy Gentile whose act of paternalist benevolence can be stretched to absolve a generation of "good Germans." The Bielski tale showed that not all Jews were victims. Some were warriors...
...decide whether to use laptops during lecture. Consequently, the Law School administration has swooped in and banned Internet use in most classrooms by disabling their wireless networks. While the Harvard Law School has considered such a move in the past, professors ultimately rejected the proposed change, finding it overly paternalistic. We hope it stays that way—both at HLS and other Harvard schools. Internet use in classrooms is undeniably distracting; It’s hard to imagine that students who are perusing sports scores or busily Gchatting with friends instead of paying attention to the professor are fully...
...this opening of markets and increased competition imposing all the changes they were resisting also provided enormous opportunities for us all," he says. "It was the moment to really start working together." To do that, Spinetta wrought a minor miracle: finding the elusive "third way" between the protective, paternalist policies of welfare-state systems and the dog-eat-dog free-market approaches of U.S. and British firms that send French workers running to the barricades. Spinetta managed that with a mix of wage restrictions in exchange for equity in the newly privatized company...
Others fear a paternalist “slippery slope” of government regulation: next we will see attempts to ban alcohol, cigarettes, or even sugars. However, there is an important distinction between these products and trans fats, namely that consumers can weigh the risks of the former with their benefits, whereas trans fats provide no benefits, only risks. Furthermore, restaurant patrons are often unaware that their meal even contains trans fat. Simply labeling foods that contain trans fats is near impossible to regulate in restaurants, where ingredients are not usually listed...
...week when she attested of her "slavery" in that 1936 British court. (The Warner counsel drawled, "If anybody wants to put me into perpetual servitude on the basis of that remuneration, I shall be prepared to consider it.") No, it was about the power that a paternalist organization wanted to keep holding over the actors it saw as its pampered children. I protect you, sustain you, give you this generous allowance - why won't you be home by eight...