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We can act when we stare at evil
Furman political science professor Liz Smith teaches a course in “Politics of Good and Evil,” where the class studies man’s inhumanity to man, as evidenced by genocides and mass killings, as well as acts of exceptional heroism and altruism. The recent situation in Syria led Smith to write an op-ed in The Greenville News about what it means to live in a time when such atrocities become a part of our daily lives.