It’s astonishing to see the sheer volume of bad behavior these days. It’s like everyone forgot how to do the right thing. In a book called The New Honor Code, I wrote about two cases. The first was the Harvard soccer Scandal of 2016. My conclusion: The Harvard soccer scandal is many things. It is a failure of nerve, dignity, judgment, and decency. It was a failure to protect Harvard women from Harvard men. Everyone was diminished—female players, male players, the sport, the administrators, the dean, the
012 Culture Problem: the Himmelfarb "decency reservoir"
012 Culture Problem: the Himmelfarb "decency…
It’s astonishing to see the sheer volume of bad behavior these days. It’s like everyone forgot how to do the right thing. In a book called The New Honor Code, I wrote about two cases. The first was the Harvard soccer Scandal of 2016. My conclusion: The Harvard soccer scandal is many things. It is a failure of nerve, dignity, judgment, and decency. It was a failure to protect Harvard women from Harvard men. Everyone was diminished—female players, male players, the sport, the administrators, the dean, the