Word: moralizer
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...Stark's convoy of humvees is attacked following a weapons demonstration. Insurgents hold him captive in a cave and demand that he build them a devastating weapon. Instead, Stark builds himself a suit of armor with a new sense of purpose. "Tony Stark goes through a bit of a moral reawakening in this movie," Favreau says-a character arc that tipped the casting in Downey's favor. "You can't have a moral reawakening if you're in high school. You have to have done things in your life to be able to look back and say that...
...What we don’t have yet is courageous moral leadership from the leadership of our institutions,” he said. “That’s a huge missing piece...
...Fighters, produced the first half, while Brian Deck, who has worked with Iron & Wine, is responsible for the second half. Norton’s influence is apparent in the album’s unsparing opening track “1492,” a song about moral disintegration—something Duritz’s songs have always wrestled with. At times the blaring guitars fall just short of overwhelming Duritz’s wails. True to form, Duritz writes lyrics that are self-reflective, almost to the point of narcissism. His fear of selling out—the theme...
...first is the movement towards considering everything in scientific terms. For example, incest is viewed as “bad” not because of a moral reason but because of the biological disadvantages caused by inbreeding. Old arguments based on values have been replaced by arguments over data. Groups ranging from the environmentalist movement to the pro-life movement use scientific research to justify their worldviews. In today’s world, it isn’t enough to simply logically disagree, but rather one must negate or at least undermine the opposition science’s authority...
...cultivated image as a straight-talking, maverick, John McCain has few issues as symbolically important as torture. No Republican has been as outspoken an opponent of prisoner mistreatment and abuse as McCain, and his own painful experience as a prisoner during the Vietnam War has granted him a unique moral authority on the issue...