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...Dawkins, whom the book’s publicity blurb refers to as “the world??s most prominent atheist,” has penned a stunning and oddly convincing (for the most part) argument against religion with his latest release, “The God Delusion.” This provocative book dissects religion from head-to-toe: he debunks all known arguments in support of the existence of supernatural deities and then presents a flood of reasons explaining “why there almost certainly...
Behind the hype—whether justified or not—is an important theme: respect for the peoples of the Global South and their institutions. There are certainly variations in individual cases, but in general, international adoption seems to undercut the dignity of many of the world??s peoples...
Acknowledging the present state of the globe forces the realization that even if every “first world?? family were to adopt an underprivileged baby, the children of the Global South would still not be saved. There are too many of them in need. The real solution—and here the moral and the economic solutions happily coincide—is to give these children a dignified way to live in their own countries and homes. If well-meaning families truly love these children enough to give them a better life, then they should work...
...With the requirement, there would be a need to staff the requirement and there is simply not enough faculty at FAS all by themselves to do that, especially if you want to cover all of the world??s religion traditions,” Edwards said...
...continued efforts to break through socioeconomic barriers in search of the world??s best students, Harvard is currently working to increase recruitment of students from government-run schools in the United Kingdom, according to the Undergraduate Admissions Office. Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 said that there is a discrepancy between the number of students applying in the United Kingdom from private institutions versus public schools, called state schools, and that the majority of applicants from the United Kingdom were from private schools. With the number of applications from...