Opinion
Affirmative Action Is Obsolete
By Danika Vittitoe | November 21, 1996The hottest political topic of the moment is no doubt affirmative action and the passing of Proposition 209 in California.
Danika Vittitoe
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Visiting profs talk on right and wrong
By Danika Vittitoe | September 29, 1994A four-day philosophy conference on Moral Epistemology, the nature and justification of beliefs about what is morally right or wrong, will begin tonight with a lecture on "Foundationalism and Coherentism in Ethics" by Oxford University and University of Florida Professor Richard Hare. The conference, which was organized by Dartmouth Philosophy Professor Walter Sinnot-Armstrong, will feature paper presentations by prominent professors on such topics as moral theory of societies, science and moral theory, and moral skepticism. Other presentations will include University of Michigan Professor Richard Brandt's paper on "Science as a Basis for Moral Theory" on Sept.