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NOT GO DISTINGUISHED CHAIR IN ETHICS. THEY HAD A CHEATING SCANDAL, AND THEY WERE IN THE LIMELIGHT TO BEING YOUR WASHINGTON, AND THEY NEED TO BRAINSTORM...
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND? >> I WENT TO BRYN
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MAWR COLLEGE, PROUD WOMEN'S COLLEGE, IN PENNSYLVANIA. AND THEN I HAD A STINT ABROAD. I HAVE A DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, SO SECOND AM YOU...
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IN WHAT? >>
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IN PHILOSOPHY. AND THEN AFTER HARVARD I STARTED TEACHING AT YALE WHERE I WAS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, AND THEN AGAIN TO GEORGETOWN WITH A STAND...
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LEARN? WAS THIS YOUR FIRST EXPOSURE TO SOLDIERS WHEN HE WENT TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY, OR HAD YOU BEEN EXPOSED TO THEM BEFORE? >> IT'S AN INTERESTING
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HISTORY. I GREW UP IN THE ERA OF VIETNAM, WITH A BROTHER AND HUSBAND WHO WERE OF AGE TO SERVE IN VIETNAM. BUT IN ONE CASE THERE WAS A GRADUATE SCHOOL...
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SHERMAN COME YOUR MOST RECENT BOOK IS CALLED "THE UNTOLD WAR: INSIDE THE HEARTS, MINDS, AND SOULS OF OUR SOLDIERS"." AND I JUST WANT TO READ A LITTLE...
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WROTE THAT MYSELF, CAPTURES MUCH OF WHAT I AIM TO DO IN THE BOOK, AND HOPE I ACHIEVED. THE BOOK IS TESTIMONIAL FROM SOLDIERS. THE PERSON WHO LOOKS...
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YOU? WHY ARE THEY TALKING TO? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD
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QUESTION. WHEN I WENT TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY I OFTEN THOUGHT I LEARNED MORE THAN I TALK, BECAUSE THIS WAS A CULTURE THAT I HAD BEEN KEPT AWAY FROM, GIVEN...
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE YOU TALKED TO TO IN THE BOOK? ANY OTHER
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STORY? >> SURE. THERE SO MANY INTERESTING INDIVIDUALS. ONE INDIVIDUAL NAMED DEREK FINDS, HE WAS IN THE RESERVES I BELIEVE, AND HE WORKED WITH THE OF...
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THE MORAL CLARITY? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE
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| 00:13:48 |
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HAVE JUST SEEN A DISTURBING INCIDENT THAT HAD BEEN PLAY, THE VIDEO OF THE MARINES URINATION OVER DEAD TALIBAN BODIES. >> DID THAT SURPRISE
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YOU? >> I'VE BEEN COMMENTING A BIT
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ON IT. IT DIDN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME BECAUSE AS THE WAR HAS GOTTEN, THE ENEMY'S BOMBS HAVE GOTTEN DIRTIER AND MORE PRECISE, AND YET THE ENEMY REMAINS...
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| 00:16:06 |
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YOU USED SOMETIME IN YOUR BOOK, AGAIN, IS SOLELY TO. WHAT DOES THAT WORD MEANS AND HOW DO YOU SIT? >>
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SULLIED MEANS DIRTY. IT MEANS FEEDING LIKE YOU LOST YOUR HONOR. I USE IT IN PARTICULAR OF A COLLEAGUE I HAD WHOSE NAME IS TED, WHO WAS A PHILOSOPHER....
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IF A SOLDIER CAME TO YOU, NANCY SHERMAN, AND SAID WASN'T WORTH IT? WHAT IS YOUR INTEREST TO? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT FOR A SERVICE MEMBER. THEY ALL STRUGGLE...
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BOOK ON THE MILITARY. >>
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YES. YOUR FIRST BEING "STOIC WARRIORS"." DID YOU HAVE, BEFORE YOU WENT TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY, BEFORE YOU STARTED WORKING WITH THESE SOLDIERS, DID YOU...
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NO. I HAVE BEEN TRAINED AS A STRAIGHT UP MORAL PHILOSOPHER. I WORK IN ANCIENT ETHICS, ARISTOTLE, PLATO, ENLIGHTENMENT ETHICS, AND COUNTRY. ALL OF THIS...
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ALL. AND I VERY MUCH CELEBRATED AND WAS, AND WAS VERY HAPPY. I WAS VERY RESPECTFUL IN A WAY AT ANY UNIVERSITY YOU RESPECT THEIR CUSTOMS, BE IT A JESUIT...
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PROFESSOR SHERMAN, WHAT'S THE TAKE AWAY ON THIS BOOK? >> I THINK THE TAKE
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WITH ON THIS BOOK, AND IN MY FUTURE WORK, IS TALK TO THE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN THAT YOU SEE COMING OFF THE PLANES AT THE AIRPORT'S. ASK THEM AS IF THEY...
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AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH PROFESSOR NANCY SHERMAN ABOUT HER MOST RECENT BOOK. CARRIAGES, "THE UNTOLD WAR: INSIDE THE HEARTS,...
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MUCH. >> WITH CONGRESS ON
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