Word: moralize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SHAME. Ingmar Bergman lingers once again on the problems of an artist's moral responsibilities. This is his 29th film and one of his best, with resonant performances by Liv Ullman, Max von Sydow and Gunnar Björnstrand...
...going to have a little talk with a transistor-radio salesman." Even more annoying to Aichi was Kawasaki's charge that in Japan "there is clearly an absence of leadership at the top, no realization of what is best in the national interest, a shortage of moral courage and discipline." Political parties got short shrift: they "have hardly made a positive contribution; their existence is largely parasitical." He was harsh on Japan's role in the world. "Postwar Japan is not likely to assume political leadership in Asia, let alone of the world. Racially, ideologically and militarily...
...should be blamed for a specific act, since this goes well beyond the frontiers of their expertise. Frederick Hacker, a psychiatrist who teaches at the University of Southern California's law center, expresses a common professional view when he says " 'Should we blame him?' is a moral question, not a medical question...
...doing away with the distinction between prisons and asylums altogether. It might also tuck away in an administrative process what Yale's Goldstein calls the "almost forgotten drama of individual responsibility," a drama which present trials highlight and make "part of the cultural forces that keep alive the moral lessons, and the myths, which are essential to society...
...court Judge Edward Lawrence conceded that her motive had been a moral one. But he was not inclined to minimize her offense. "People may commit murder in the heat of passion," he said, "but that doesn't excuse murder. People may write obscenity for various reasons, but that doesn't excuse obscenity." While the state charge against her was dropped, Mrs. Timbrook pleaded guilty to violating the local ordinance. She faces penalties of up to 90 days in prison and $500 fine at her sentencing next month. Eady, who comes to trial next month, is not likely...