POINT OF VIEW

The Moral Ambiguity of Study Abroad

By JOHN BARBOUR

It is hard to avoid moral guilt when you travel outside the United States today. Simply by crossing an ocean, you have spent more money than most people in the world will earn in a year — more than some will earn in a lifetime. Being a tourist can mean not only pleasure, freedom, and extravagance, but also...

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