Word: self-interest
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...randier and more promiscuous than women? David Kendall didn't use it, but this could have been the biological brief for the President's defense during the impeachment proceedings, as propounded by M.I.T. cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker in the New Yorker. It's in the male's genetic self-interest to impregnate as many females as possible, while the female usually can produce only a dozen or so offspring in her lifetime no matter how much she messes around, so why should she try? Furthermore, the female consort of man-the-hunter didn't dare cheat on him lest...
...dreamers and the philosophically inclined (especially the social studies fanatics of Harvard), the Harvard Objectivist Club (HOC) welcomes interested students to attend its weekly meetings, lectures and videotape viewings. Ayn Rand, mother of Objectivism, preached "objective reality, reason, rational self-interest and capitalism." According to HOC President Joseph C. Anderson `99, philosophical experience is helpful but not necessary for understanding guest lecturers and essay discussions. "One can still grasp Rand's meaning," notes Anderson, "without being an expert on continental philosophy or the English empiricists." Oh goodie. E-mail hoc@hcs.harvard.edu for meeting times and more information. Happy pondering...
...right direction, four of Harvard's eight male-only final clubs--the A.D., the Owl, the Delphic and the Phoenix--have announced they have adopted policies which severely restrict building access to non-club members. The graduate boards who made the decisions were most likely acting out of self-interest, protecting themselves from legal liabilities. Nevertheless, the move is also in the best interests of the entire Harvard community...
...reason: enlightened self-interest. With pollsters and even donors telling party leaders they had better find a horse other than the President's troubles to ride, yet another plea for healing was in order. The first step in that direction is changing the public face of the GOP from Gingrich and Hyde to the more palatable (and focus-grouped) Jennifer Dunn and Steve Largent. Following the speech, the two rising young stars gave a bright and shiny infomercial of a Republican response that did get across the message that Republicans are for reconciliation. Sort of. So let the healing begin...
...abandonment, The Conversion leaves the reader unaffected, apathetic in spite of the moral importance of the issues at hand. In a way, Appelfeld is teaching by example. By convincing the reader that conversion is no more than an economic transaction, and humanity characterized by little more than greed and self-interest, he shows the ease with which we can be seduced. It is simple to see how our lack of feeling towards the characters can be translated into the lack of empathy for another culture, race or religion that allows atrocities like the Holocaust to happen. It seems to have...