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...It consists in first asking a hypothetical question, or a series of hypothetical questions, to which apparently she could have no way of knowing the answers except by testing the hypotheses...
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...on the other hand, they do exist, and if they are to be constantly ignored or abused---as historically they have been--then they must be protected in law...
...we let the solons hammer out our differences while we get on with the business of life...
...281 VERSE: Ma Shou-Chen, translated by Kenneth Rexroth & Ling Chung 285...
...Bierman's theory of personhood has the other as a necessary component...
...Expectation realized, however, does not lessen distress over the Archdiocese's blanket condemnation of Intro-2, the proposed measure that would ban discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations...
...A necessary step to the end Bierman envisages is to sever the city from federal and state governments and thus bring into being the city state...
...Even Peter Steinfels has forgotten the difference between "whence" and "whither" (in his title, "Whence the New Conservatives...
...But not before the Archdiocese had provided a rallying point for some of the most reactionary elements in the city, and not before the media had passed to other interests, leaving the Woodstock and Dignity statements relatively unpublicized...
...If I were to point out the male chauvinist character of Roman Catholic theology and institutions would this be welcomed there...
...The grave central problem of our day is not the destruction of the state or of institutions or of ordinary forms of decorum by casual violence...
...If I were to pursue a line of scholarship that unsettled doctrine, would this be welcomed there...
...In fairness to the Archdiocese, it may well be that Intro-2 contains some dubious provisions...
...To the Editors: Rosemary Ruether has once again made use of a crudely illogical device of tendentious argumentation which has not gone unnoticed by her readers in the past ["Notre Dame's Catholic Character," Apr...
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...Considering some of the problems confronting citizens and government these days, concern over a bill like Intro-2 may seem somewhat quixotic...
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...Consider, for example, the concluding portion of her response to Notre Dame's statement on the Catholic character of the University: Let's get specific...
...And finally, on the sole basis of her conjectural answers to her hypothetical questions, she unhesitatingly pronounces singularly harsh and supercilious judgment...
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...As this concept unfolds the limitations of rugged individualism, ethnocentricism and romantic concepts of freedom are pointed out...
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...The Woodstock Commonweah 275 to them as citizens...
...Bierman's philosophy of the city is built upon these twin concepts...
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...Instead, the Archdiocese spoke in tones that betrayed fears and misconceptions from the dark ages of genetic, behavioral and moral understandings...
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...it provided further opportunity to clear up some ancient theological ambiguities with respect to homosexuality and the Church...
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...Jones' principal theme is romanticism and its effects on the revolutionary spirit--particularly as manifested in the American and French revolutions...
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...It remains to be seen what enforcement will mean for them--social security for domestic workers often goes unpaid and uncollected...
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...Bierman's book encourages me to say that more philosophers ought to try their hand at this sort of thing...
...Yours for a last-ditch stand in defense of the language, ANNE MARIE CAVIGLIA Harsh Judgments Lisle, Ill...
...The Intro-2 proposal presented the Archdiocese with an opportunity to witness, not only to the rights of the homosexual as citizen, but also to his dignity as a person created in the image of God...
...But in that case, the challenge was to argue particulars and work for provisions, not hurl anathemas...
...To be educated to this understanding is to be initiated into the kind of wisdom that alone can make urban life synonymous with the good life...
...The focus is therefore the 18th century but Jones' analyses point a moral for our own times as well...
...The Archdiocese's position drew impressive rejoinders from some 28 members of the Jesuit academic community at Woodstock College, and from the New York-New Jersey chapter of Dignity, an organization of homosexual Catholics...
...The Pope has reminded us that Mary of Nazareth was far from being a timidly submissive woman...
...Philosophy can only thrive when the numbers are right...
...In his preface Jones says the book was written for the fun of writing it...
...And until the passage of the minimum wage law this year the median wage of full-time, year-round household workers was less than $2,000...
...Jones is a river skater among scholars, gliding endlessly over the stream of Western culture surveying its broad outlines, digging into little known or unknown crannies, catching familiar sights from unusual vantage points and making tradition fresh with quickened prose and novel insight...
...Both statements were instructive...
...Yet the issues are not unimportant...
...Then she abruptly anticipates the answers to these questions, without providing any clue as to what justification she might have for doing so...
...We assume a free press will keep us informed and the legislators honest...
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...Surely she is concerned for her sisters...
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