Word: moralizes
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What I find most disturbing, however, is Weaver’s all-too-common conflation of a moral stance against homosexual acts with the “blind ignorance” of “knee-jerk” homophobia...
...this reasoning, Weaver may as well dismiss any application of philosophy as worthless. Indeed, Weaver criticizes The Salient’s contributors for citing philosophy they may have picked up in a Moral Reasoning class...
...Salient’s members are aware. In this case, the fear and anger seems to rest with those like Weaver, who jump to poorly-reasoned conclusions based on limited knowledge and an unwillingness to respect others’ agency to decide for themselves what is and is not moral...
...First of all, just because some students of questionable character are already present among us, why should we lose the right to express moral indignation at an act that, Podolsky admits, “turns [his] stomach?” Is it truly “hypocrisy” to acknowledge that Harvard has some undesirably selfish people, yet simultaneously desire to avoid perpetuating or worsening this state of affairs...
...course, the current dean inherited this quandary; the resolution, however, remains his responsibility. The faculty, deans, administration and student body must be held accountable and cannot turn a blind eye—otherwise the pursuit of veritas has been trampled upon. Everyone affiliated with the University has a moral obligation to speak out against hate money at Harvard and call on University President Lawrence H. Summers and Divinity School Dean William A. Graham to return Zayed’s donation...