Word: moralizing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Abrahamson said she hopes the conference will educate the public on the complex moral issues that arise with the use of new genetic technology...
Sadly, Harry is not cut out to be a diplomat. His realpolitik is about as low as it comes. When his government comes calling, he leaves bawling. The rest of the play charts the moral angst and posturing that goes on over the decision. The second act asks the whodunit question: what did Harry choose? I wonder, since they're living in the Netherlands and all. Unfortunately Harry never considers the option of switching careers and saving himself a lot of explaining...
...Republicans are in favor of the moral equivalent of a hand count when it comes to the census because such fine-grained specificity actually means leaving out a lot of folks, most of whom are likely to be Democrats. And that's the same reason Jim Baker and Katherine Harris are in favor of chopping off the hand count in Florida. Less is more when it comes to Republicans. (By the way, Texas was ground zero for undercounting in the 1990 census. Governor Bush is on record as saying that he favors using actual count numbers rather than sampling...
...What it means to believe in human rights is to subscribe to a very uncomfortable discipline, which forces you to do things nobody wants to do, but that you must in the name of moral consistency," Ignatieff said...
...after my father died this summer, I lost more than just my remaining parent. Four decades of childhood were also cut loose. Suddenly there were no family members to report to--or rebel against. And that's pretty scary. A new moral dilemma? A question about the stock market? A mature voice of reason? From this point on, the mirror would have to provide answers. Growing up is hard to do, especially when you're scheduled to enter middle...