Word: moralized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...says much for the French sense of moral probity that nowhere in the controversy over Algeria has it been seriously suggested that excesses committed by French army officers have been justified by the numerous atrocities committed by Arabs. Just how provocative Arab behavior can be is illustrated in the case of Captain Reneé Moureau...
Lael Tucker pleads a moral cause: a kind of private euthanasia, her husband's "right to die as he wished to, when he chose." She knows that this claim is based on pride: several times during the last painful months, the Wertenbakers gaily toasted what they called their hubris, a word which they thought defined their own gallant pagan defiance of fate. Each reader will have to judge the moral issue for himself; the real significance lies in the fact that, in this book, the issue is only seen in terms of responsibility to oneself and to other human...
...feels his mission to be learning the truths of this strange new sect to determine its place in his own life. His initial reaction is, "If that's your religion, I say to hell with it." He thinks Christianity has a "fascinated obsession with wickedness" and, with a truly moral concern, thinks Christianity an excuse for letting people sin all their lives but still enter Heaven by last-minute repentance...
Aiken analyzed Perry as a "Moral Economist," discussing the ethical aspects of his thought. Aiken said that to Perry "morality was an economy of interest rather than the greatest means to the greatest number...
...letter called Oppenheimer a man of "highly questionable moral background." It said that it seemed strange that he should be selected for this distinct honor in Philosophy, a study closely identified with ethics and wisdom...