Word: paternalisme
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HATE SPEECH; Condescension; Collaborating with Hateful People; Lending My Good Name to an Evil Publication; Paternalism; Being Patronizing; since the most recent issue of Peninsula came out, friends have accused me of all of these, and more besides.
Morality and Paternalism:
In a fit of paternalism, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III has prohibited Harvard student groups from traveling outside North America. Responding to 70 reported incidents of terrorism sparked by the Persian Gulf war, Epps decided on February 8 that the College's groups could not decide for themselves...
President Derek C. Bok once wrote that universities must "help their students become more thoughtful and perceptive about [society's] problems." If this is to be a reality at Harvard, paternalism cannot be allowed to stifle the process of student decision-making in a risky and problematic world.
Other Old Paradigms: Fidel Castro, apartheid, the American Century, cigarette smoking, labor unions and strikes, alcohol, CBS News, charisma, knowledge (as opposed to information), blood-feud revenge, corporate loyalty and paternalism, Northern Ireland, Mario Cuomo (the politician as a Frank Capra movie) and letter writing.