Word: paternalisme
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"The parts of the lives which could bring up conflict are overlooked," he says. "I think there's an inherent paternalism towards the people that you're studying, when you're studying them for a purpose which is to love and understand and valorize them."
The administration has yet to address these issues adequately, even when given the opportunity by the Undergraduate Council last year. As a student, I got the sense that the faculty was, and still is, using the typical Harvard defense: This is just the way things are, so live with it...
Although at first blush this seems a noble vision, it is in fact a deeply paternalistic view--benevolent paternalism, perhaps, but paternalism all the same. Epps, speaking as a representative of the administration, knows Harvard and understands how it operates. Students can only hope to match their talents to the...
This case illustrates, yet again, the closed-mouthed and secretive nature of the Administrative Board in dealing with criminal cases. Administrators continue to hide behind a cloak of paternalism. When will the Ad Board attempt to demonstrate some semblance of due process and fairness that characterize legal proceedings in the...
Lamentably, libertarian sentiment has given way to aesthetic preference and paternalism. Perhaps the Harvard administration just didn't think that we looked particularly scholarly munching on sandwiches as we crossed the Yard.