Word: moral
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...seem to have an insatiable appetite for surveys of public opinion. We wake up every morning to new data on how Americans feel about Clinton's moral character, his stewardship of the economy and his artful dodging of the accusations against...
...especially when they make their decisions immediately after the events occur. Our country would have benefited greatly from further debate on the air strikes, for example, especially in light of recent evidence suggesting that the alleged Sudanese chemical weapons plant may have been merely a benign pharmaceutical factory. The moral questions arising from this type of aggressive counter-terrorism response are difficult to answer, and we will probably face them again in the near future. But, since the media portrayed the question simply as whether a majority of Americans would support Clinton's decision, the issue has already been decided...
...reasoning" is really part of political correctness, then it doesn't stop the degradation of all human dignity as it purports to do. Believers in political correctness would do well to enact Cornel West's prescription for improving the current political debate in this country: replacing racial reasoning with "moral reasoning." That is, Americans must resist the vilification or deification of any group of people. A desire to promote universal human decency can and should avoid degenerating into a "my-tribe-can-do-no-wrong" mentality...
Public officials and Americans everywhere are asking whether the President still has the moral authority to govern. Who are we to talk about morality? We are destroying a family. For reasons I do not quite understand, we are allowing the press to turn this private matter into a national crisis. We are allowing the people in office to use this scandal as an opportunity to play political games. We are watching a family fall apart. And what are we doing? Certainly not asking for it to stop, but condemning the President for his lack of morals. It's more than...
...people's suffering doesn't lie over royal heads." I wonder if we will ever really read and understand our beloved national poet? Or will we only keep reciting him mindlessly while standing in long lines waiting for sausage? But to achieve that understanding, we must first change our moral fiber. I wonder if this can ever happen...