Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world of practical affairs. All will disguise the reality--which is that it's a good way of supplementing academic pay." But not wanting to seem "self-righteous," he added "I've never done it myself, but I've never known for sure whether that was because of moral resistance or because I wasn't under financial pressure...
...hoped that cries of moral outrage will emanate from all parts of the world in protest against the World Council of Churches' latest investment in lawless terrorism and murder, its grant to the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia [Oct. 2]. Unless W.C.C. member churches protest loudly or withdraw their support, or both, what is to deter the council from continuing such irresponsible gifts to left-wing guerrilla organizations in the future...
Carter also rated a 72% for "providing moral leadership," an improvement from the 66% of last June but still down a lot from the glowing 91% that he scored near the beginning of his Administration, in March 1977. Carter's report card dropped somewhat in the general area of domestic social policy. Only 54% rated him favorably on aid to cities, 53% on coming to grips with the energy problem, and 52% on "keeping our defenses strong." Unquestionably, he fared worst on all economic issues - 49% on providing jobs, 47% on cutting back government bureaucracy and 24% on curbing...
Primarily on the basis of his gains in the field of foreign policy, and the general sense of moral leadership that came from his summit triumph, Carter has been able to turn around the results of hypothetical contests between himself and Gerald Ford. In trial heats polled in June and August, Ford came out ahead by eight percentage points. Today Carter would win 46% to 35% over his former opponent and carry all sections of the country. Carter would likewise beat Reagan, as he would have earlier this year; but perhaps because of his whirlwind tour on behalf of Republicans...
...buzz words in the Kennedy School official register are ethics and sensitivity, yet there is only intermittent discussion of ethical problems. Students joke about "ethics month," a sequence in political analysis and public management on "Moral Obligations of Public Officials...