Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into his society and who aids his development in many ways, may become critical in the phase of Early Adulthood. Besides the obvious functions he serves--integrating the adult into his career, teaching him, giving him a role model, smoothing the way for him, fostering his intellectual and moral development--the Mentor believes in the Dream, and in the dreamer, and makes the adult believe in himself. In a sense, he cleans off the mental carrot so it will be ready for consumption...
...Charles needs to justify his actions to himself in moral terms," observes a friend. To that end, his personal concerns are earnest, international, multiracial (see TIME INTERVIEW). Britain's royalty is expected to steer clear of partisan political positions but need not avoid controversial ones: on race, a particularly hot issue in Britain, Charles outspokenly supports an open society. He agreed to act as interlocutor in the current BBC anthropology series Face Values partly to promote his vision of racial harmony. He is also a disciple of the late E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful, with its plea for alternative...
...slow and painful process, nevertheless enchanted, precisely because of the tensions, the ambivalence of the Israeli condition, the variety of visions and the pain of realities. The Israelis' demand is absolute: either they have the best country in the world, the purest, the fulfillment of the highest moral standards, or else there is a total disillusionment...
...between what was vital and necessary for the national existence and what people wanted to improve their standard of living. It is no sin for a human being to long for better living conditions, but Israeli society, as a whole, grabbed at materialistic symbols while establishing a moral justification: "We who are ready to sacrifice our lives for the state should enjoy life...
...Clemente and writing a biography of his grandfather, he says that something of Ike must have rubbed off on him. "I don't feel pressured as intensely anywhere else as on a golf course," he told Your Place. "A 3-ft. putt is really a test of your moral and intellectual capacity...