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...cases of moral judgment that fall outside the norm—martyrdom, for instance—Hauser and co-author Ilkka Pyysiäinen of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies propose that religion, much like legal institutions, exerts its own pressure on people’s moral judgments after it emerged from natural cognitive processes...

Author: By Adam T. Horn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Rethinks Origins of Religion | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

Part of the problem is that her character is written to be helpless—she often panics and lacks the common sense one should have in a dire situation. Her biggest lapse in judgment comes when she falls asleep with her bare hand gripping a pole. The audience must watch as she peels her frostbitten hand off in sheer agony.  Moments like these provide great thrills, yet one wonders how anyone could be so foolish when the stakes are so high...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frozen | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...usually make a judgment about a book after reading the first chapter; sometimes even the first page. If I don’t find a novel interesting, I generally stop, no matter how distinguished its literary pedigree. I quit reading “Kristin Lavransdatter” (Sigrid Undset’s Nobel-Prize winning historical romance set in 14th century Norway) after the first sentence, “When the earthly goods of Ivar Gjesling the Younger of Sundbu were divided up in the year 1306, his property at Sil was given to his daughter Ragnfrid and her husband...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Leaving The Great Books Unfinished | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...read TIME's article on Harvard basketball star Jeremy Lin, I was ashamed and frustrated by the ignorance of my fellow Americans who targeted Lin with racial slurs [Jan. 25]. Basketball is a multicultural sport, and as Americans, we need to grow past the ignorance of racial judgment. Lin has the potential to become a leader in his sport and make an impact on the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

Naturally, such measures should occur while are soldiers are at home in basic training—a new policy with so much potential for controversy should not be instated while troops are in combat. That said, we do not wish to pass judgment on how and where soldiers should reveal their sexual orientation, if they choose to at all; we merely maintain that the military’s emphasis on such a broad integration should occur in an environment that is less emotionally taxing than combat...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Don’t Stall, Don’t Wait | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

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