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...second area in which science has run into problems is with the naturalistic fallacy. The naturalistic fallacy is the simple step of expanding “is” into “ought.” “Is” is a positive statement of fact. “Ought” is a normative statement and carries much more baggage with it. For example, when considering human evolution, chimpanzees are the closest common ancestor to humans. Male chimps when trying to mate often turn violent. Field studies have observed male chimps forcing copulation with female chimps...
...with broadcasters and brewers,” said George A. Hacker, the director of the CSPI’s Alcohol Policies Program Harvard joined a campaign in 2004 that called for the NCAA to completely eliminate alcohol advertising. The campaign has since been endorsed by 284 schools. In a statement yesterday, Harvard spokesman John D. Longbrake said Faust’s endorsement confirmed “what has been a standing policy for Ivy League presidents.” The NCAA banned advertising for beverages over six percent alcohol-by-volume in 1989, but many schools said the policy...
...sidled up to George W. Bush and flip-flopped on torture, all for political gain - which is exactly what Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean claimed in March. "It is shameful that George Bush and John McCain lack the courage to ban torture," Dean said in a statement. "And it is reprehensible that McCain changed his position on torture just to win an election...
Brandt said in an e-mailed statement that the awards are “especially gratifying” given the difficulty of the project and the years he spent researching...
...anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, Hillary Rodham Clinton made an impassioned statement in a Memphis speech, pledging to create a cabinet-level poverty czar who will be "solely and fully devoted to ending poverty as we know it in America." Soon after, John Edwards made an impassioned statement about her impassioned statement, just as she had hoped: "America's need to address the great moral issue of poverty demands strong action, and a cabinet-level poverty position is exactly that kind of action...