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ae WE say that equal rights is the only morality, we must accept that equal rights is not equated to num- erical symmetry.” So spake, recently, Dr. Michael Scriven, professor of philosophy at the University of Cali- fornia. He was participating in an international conference at the Uni- versity of Notre Dame on “The Changing Woman: the Impact of Family Planning.”

Equal rights isn’t the only morality. But the particular question with which Professor Scriven dealt was more lively than his erroneous postu- late. He was ar- suing in favor of “three-party mar- riages,”’ a@ la Tibet. “Historically,” he said, “such ar- rangements have been enormously successful in some societies whose levels of culture have been equal to ours.” Equal honors for Tibetans!

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ae WE say that equal rights is the only morality, we must accept that equal rights is not equated to num- erical symmetry.” So spake, recently, Dr. Michael Scriven, professor of philosophy at the University of Cali- fornia. He was participating in an international conference at the Uni- versity of Notre Dame on “The Changing Woman: the Impact of Family Planning.”

Equal rights isn’t the only morality. But the particular question with which Professor Scriven dealt was more lively than his erroneous postu- late. He was ar- suing in favor of “three-party mar- riages,”’ a@ la Tibet. “Historically,” he said, “such ar- rangements have been enormously successful in some societies whose levels of culture have been equal to ours.” Equal honors for Tibetans!