Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are two responses one could have to the fact that human beings are nothing but the accidental product of a mindless algorithmic process. The first is the path of reluctance, feat, even dread; this has been the main response of Western arts and letters since Darwin, and its products have ranged from the sentimental agnosticism of Matthew Arnold to the brutal existentialism of Sartre. The second is the path of gleeful Philistinism, which glories in exposing the rubes like Plato, Aquinas and Kant whose faith in human divnity has been overthrown by the glittering progress of Science...
...addition, the Core does not include certain courses because they supposedly do not meet the 'approach to knowledge' criterion. This year, History 10, a year-long survey of Western civilization, was not allowed into the Core because it did not precisely fit the description of Historical Study A or B. A persnickety distinction such as this is a ridiculous reason to discourage students from studying western civilization as a fundamental part of their education...
...dual match winning streak, which dates back to 1990. Moreover, this year's team did not even come close to losing--in all their matches, only Princeton won three games (in a regular season match on February 5) and only Brown (in the season opener on November 18) and Western Ontario (on December 3) won two games...
Although no such drama existed this year, the Princeton final match was tougher than the score might indicate. In a mini-upset, the Tigers had easily beaten Western Ontario (which was the odds-on favorite to face Harvard in the finals) in one semi-final match. That win, coupled with the aforementioned close 6-3 Harvard defeat of Princeton, seemingly set the stage for a battle...
...earlier courses. Drawing on "just War" theory, Walzer had proposed a very compelling system for judging the ethics of war. His theory was clear, precise and strong. The article we read was a subsequent attempt by Walzer to address the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the question of what Western response would be justified...