Word: rationales
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This film might have been more successful if it built tension and climax by creating conflict out of the relationships of normal people. Because most of the characters are not rational, it is difficult to elicit meaning from their machinations. The net result is that the audience sympathizes with none...
Unfortunately, these diatribes about women's oppression at the hands of male-dominated society have become the norm for modern feminism. We all want something to be impassioned about, and at times being enraged is both easier and more glamorous than being rational. Too often, debates on gender issues become...
The mission of the ESPP program is to "form rational judgments concerning environmental problems, including both scientific and technical issues, and the economic, ethical and legal dimensions," Petersen says.
Legitimate objections to the Crimson Key Society do exist. For instance, the organization has been criticized for presenting a sugar-coated picture of life at Harvard. Yet the staff's position does not provide a rational critique of the society or of its policies. Instead, it takes an unsuccessful event...
The problem with this myth is that the best teaching is done by example. Harvard professors teach us how to think by sharing their own thought processes. Students eager to learn (and get good grades) adopt not just the thought processes, but the conclusions, of their professors. Who can blame...