Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...moved toward a new permissiveness in sex, however, no such tolerance has developed toward the use of drugs. Only those under 30 indicate any desire to legalize marijuana; otherwise, the denunciation of pot is overwhelming. In fact, 90% associate drug use with "moral corruption and decay"; 85% believe that smoking marijuana leads to use of stronger drugs; 74% believe it morally wrong; and 67% think it worse than drinking liquor...
Taking these mutations of American morality into consideration, Harris concludes that the TIME-Harris poll exposes a huge gulf between the old verities and life as it is actually lived by the American people today. Indeed, from the facts themselves, it is fair to conclude that the poll has captured a detailed portrait of American moral standards in a period of drastic change. That portrait is neither ugly nor entirely flattering, but it does show in bold relief the Janus-like face of a nation that is anxiously establishing new standards of morality while remaining reluctant to abandon completely...
...past two decades, since Mao Tse-tung seized control of nearly one-quarter of the human race, the U.S. has done its best to quarantine Communist China. The policy began with nonrecognition, based partly on moral disapproval of the Communist takeover. It was later stiffened with "containment," a strategy designed both to weaken the regime and to keep the Chinese from overrunning their neighbors. Despite a long tradition of U.S. sympathy for China, most Americans have regarded the quarantine as all the more prudent since China exploded its first nuclear device...
...should play a less conspicuous role in the annual campaign at the United Nations against Peking's admission. Says former Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer: "The moral judgment implied in the blackballing of the largest nonwhite nation by the most powerful white nation is deeply insulting to the Chinese and irritating to many other people in the world." With or without U.S. lobbying, the vote will probably go against Peking for some time. Even if it turns favorable, there are no indications that Peking will accept a seat until its terms for entering the U.N. are met; Peking...
...years, the council has been an outspoken apostle of brotherhood-although its ringing declarations have also insisted that racism should be fought by nonviolent means. Last week, however, an international Consultation on Racism in London organized by the Council suggested that if all else fails, even outright warfare is morally justified to end this moral blight...