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...Lester Kissel was, over his long accomplished life, a constant friend of the University. He was also an early supporter of the serious work of uniting ethical and moral considerations with the demands of practice in the professions," Rudenstine said in a statement...
...transportation costs, although with this magical machine we can temporarily do without them. There might be unequal information, where we send more and dirtier grime than they were expecting, but presumably Los Angeles would be required by contract to be up-front. There might be a “moral hazard,” in which Angelenos will litter more, knowing that their actions will have less effect; but the same could occur after more frequent street sweeping. And there might be agent problems, in which the Calcutta government might negotiate in its own best interests and not those...
This need to put a price on invaluables becomes the sticking point when the topic shifts from grime to toxic waste. The earlier questions—transportation, agency, moral hazard—increase their importance dramatically, but that’s not what’s behind the memo forwards. Instead, the unspoken sentiment appears to be that toxic waste is horrible stuff, and we don’t like to think of it being produced or stored anywhere near people. But it has to be stored somewhere, and although we may not want economic power to influence the distribution...
...plenty of arguments against trade in toxic waste, some of which may very well be compelling. I count six of them in this column alone. But rather than engage the question, the protestors who held signs and chanted outside Loeb House have preferred to use the memo as a moral bludgeon, perversely changing the subject to Harvard’s labor policies. I support a living wage, but assuming Summers must atone for his views on toxic waste, why would giving $10.25 an hour to Harvard workers be the proper penance? Just because it’s the cause...
...Berezovsky. But having criticized Berezovsky so heavily over the years, the amount of pride they'd have to swallow to go and work with him will be a real challenge to their journalistic integrity. Going to work for Berezovsky because Gazprom has taken over NTV is an incredibly tangled moral dilemma. As is staying on after having protested so fiercely against the Gazprom takeover. But these people also have to earn a living. It's not a good time to be a young, hardworking and well-educated Russian journalist right now, because attractive opportunities are few and far between...