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...reproducing; but where dowe go from there? Are we consigned to a sterilerelativism, or is some more normative ethicspossible? The title of the chapter "The MoralFirst Aid Manual" should give some indication:Dennett sees the process of moral reasoning asessentially chaotic and endless, and he valuesmoral rules simply as semi-arbitrary ways ofending a moral deliberation. He has no deepcommitment to any principle, but merely wants aresult, and it doesn't seem to much matter whatthat result is: "We cannot expect there to be asingle stable solution...but rather a variety ofuncertain and temporary equilibria, with theconversation-stoppers tending...
...team had it all: dynamite offense,stonewall defense and a tandem of stellargoaltenders. Were it not for a few unlucky bouncesin the semi-final game against eventual nationalchampion Lake Superior State, Harvard would havefound itself playing for the national championshipfor the second time in five years...
...days before Milan's semi-annual fashion shows begin, Italian newspapers report that some of the biggest names in the industry would soon be indicted for allegedly bribing tax officials to go easy on audits. Among those reported by Italian news agencies: Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferre and Mariuccia Mandelli (the name behind Krizia.) TIME Rome reporter Greg Burke says that nearly all the top Italian fashion designers had been called in over the last several months as part of the massive "Clean Hands" corruption probe. Today, Armani reacted coolly: "It's a formality related to the known investigation...
...first Black member of the fly, a finals club, and he was the first Black editor of the Lampoon, a semi-secret Bow Street social organization which occasionally publishes a so-called humor magazine...
Once upon a time, the National Rifle Association (NRA) was simply a club for target-shooters and hunters. That time has passed. The NRA has degenerated into a group obsessed with weapons and has a fringe population of semi-revolutionary zealots...