Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That was never good American doctrine, which despised frozen privileges, nobility, precedent and rank. In America, so the theory went, anyone could better his lot, whatever the circumstances of his birth. Equality, in the sense of everyone's sharing alike, inspired a few Utopians, but most Americans put their trust in a more movable notion: equality of opportunity. In its name, education has been more lavishly endowed and widely dispensed than in any other nation in history. Of course, as Philosopher John Rawls notes, "equality of opportunity means an equal chance to leave the less fortunate behind." The American...
...unfair. Orderlies in a hospital compare their income with that of a nurse, but not that of a doctor." Most Americans live by equality of category and are content to move with it-the going wage scale, the union member's seniority, the soldier's promotion in rank and the civil servant's slow rise to a rug, a water carafe and a secretary...
...relevance in such concepts as his understanding of moral habits and his conviction that acts must be consistent with the essence of human "being." Along with Aquinas' moral philosophy, Oxford Professor Anthony Kenny cites his work in metaphysics and philosophical theology among the achievements that "entitle him to rank with Plato and Aristotle, with Descartes and Leibnitz, with Locke and Hume and Kant...
Talking to Hoffa, it becomes clear that he regards his five years in stir as simply an unpleasant interlude, a necessary evil in the normal course of his life. His ability to do this, and the assurance he had that his family, money, and reputation with the Teamster rank-and-file would be waiting for him when he got out meant that he was able to avoid embarassing questions about society and probably about himself...
...assume (what is clearly not the case) that all the Palestinians were expelled--unlawfully, immorally, without justification. Where does forced expulsion from one's native village or town fit on a moral ranking of injustices? Before answering that question, let us be careful not to confuse expulsion with denial of self-determination, with placement in refugee camps, with denial of political freedom or nationhood. Because we must again recall what is not disputed. There was supposed to be a Palestinian state in the mandate. It was not Israel who--in 1948--destroyed that dream; it was Jordan who annexed...