Word: moralisms
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...Certainly all the citizens of Massachusetts must grapple with the controversial actions of the colonial period, and must face squarely the moral consequences of colonial slaughter of Native Americans. But it is questionable whether the arena of semiotics is appropriate for these confrontations to take place. The name of the Commonwealth itself stems etymologically from the exterminated Massachusett tribe of Algonquians. Ought we consider changing that as well (perhaps to something like South New Hampshire...
...group of self-rising French chefs has petitioned the Vatican that being a gourmand is no sin. Envy is the engine of tabloid culture. Lust is an advertising strategy; anger, the righteous province of the aggrieved. Most days I'd give anything for some sloth. It was the moral philosopher Mae West who observed that "to err is human, but it feels divine." (She also advised, "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I never tried before...
...aura of limpid, virtuous purity. But beneath that cloak, things get a little murky because in presenting the facts as he does, Baker is making an argument that he doesn't explicitly state. Does he really believe--as he seems to--that aerial bombing is on a moral continuum with Nazi genocide? And that Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews is comparable to Churchill's hatred of the Germans and Japanese? (We get Mrs. Churchill calling them "Nazi hogs" and "yellow Japanese lice" in a letter?) Or that the world would be a better place if--delirious fantasy--Europe...
...healthcare have a moral responsibility to set healthful behavior,” said Jackler, whose school declared a tobacco-free zone on its entire campus last September. “Hospitals and medical schools have a unique and special role in promoting healthful behavior...
...Senator David Vitter of Louisiana both stayed in office despite their prostitution scandals. Spitzer could not because, in the end, "he's got no friends," says Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf, who worked on two of Spitzer's campaigns. "If you're seen as being the source of all moral behavior and then you turn out not to be that way, people are happy about...