Word: moralization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emotions which made the Nazi rise to power possible. I regretfully came to realize that SDS had hit upon a tactic which was unbeatable, even at Harvard... The SDS had suceeded in winning at Harvard, in having themselves accepted by all too many of the student body as our moral vanguard...
...attachment of a moral value to the fetusbecame a central argument against the legalizationof abortion in the 1960s and 1970s. "The notion ofwhat a fetus is...is a variable concept,"Walkowitz says...
...different approach. Framed by the myth of victim as redeemer, the book removes guesswork without reducing expectations. One knows going in that the mischievous author is staging a kind of "Gospel According to Charlie Brown." But anyone familiar with Irving's mastery of narrative technique, his dark humor and moral resolve also knows his fiction is cute like...
...conviction that legal abortion is a safe option. Since then, pro-life forces have chipped away at the decision's medical premises. "These are extremely important conclusions," said Democratic Congressman Ted Weiss of New York, who organized the hearings. Conceded Koop: "It's very difficult to separate abortion the moral issue from abortion the public-health issue...
...Administration's criticism of the contras, whom Reagan described as "the moral equivalent of our founding fathers," comes almost six years after they announced that schools and medical clinics are considered legitimate military targets...