"I think some banks are learning the lesson that society has become very tired of this ethics-free, morality-free zone that certainly appeared to be in operation in banks until recent times".
This is not news, and I fundamentally reject that there's any larger lesson for society to learn because there is this terrible family full of terrible people.
The use of criminal investigations and trials to provide lessons about society at large can be more misleading than illuminating — and the practice distorts the main purpose of our legal system.
Back at the memorial garden Jeff Edwards, who went on to lead Merthyr council, agreed it was important to remember Aberfan not just because of the personal tragedies but because of the lessons about society it revealed.
PAGE A7 The Stuff of Scholarship Some academics have been drawing big lessons about society and even politics from the little things of life, like furniture, the zipper and the pencil.
Young land started growing The young blood started flowing But I ain't marchin' anymore Mr. Bowser and other voices -- Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez and Tom Haydenn -- pepper the film with praise for Mr. Ochs's history-driven, pamphlet-style songs: forceful, angry and cleverly absurd lessons about society's evil and unfair circumstances; Tom Paine with a guitar.
As pioneers who weathered climate change, the Greenland Norse may hold lessons for society today.
For example, one of the popular medieval manuscripts was a Bestiary, which is a book that describes animals (both natural, such as camels and swans, and imaginary, such as unicorns and manticores), their behavior, and their moral lessons for human society.
The Times, which calls its project "Overlooked," uses oddly passive language in presenting its past missteps: its archives offer "a stark lesson in how society valued various achievements and achievers," the copy reads.
ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY "Lessons for Societies," a lecture.
