Word: moralizers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some will call me an antediluvian sentimentalist, but I cannot help thinking, especially in light of the Stanford incident, that giving 15-year-olds cards is an immeasurably more moral project, and in many ways a much safer one, than giving them condoms and sending the messagethat sexual promiscuity is fine when practiced "safely...
With this statement, Augustine acknowledges the unseemly side of compassion; he recognizes that the compassionate can inadvertently find themselves depending on the existence of the wretched for fulfillment. He makes this observation while discussing the moral problems of theatrical tragedy--namely the power of tragic stories to enthrall audiences. But the significance of his insightful comment extends far past theater, illuminating a set of behaviors in society at large and at Harvard in particular...
...enemies, just like the old KGB. Newspapers owned or funded by the new magnates then print the material, just as the Communist Party press did in the past to a disgraced leader, a dissident or an irritating foreigner. Until recently Chubais had seemed an exception to the regime of moral relativity that reigns in Moscow. He could come across as arrogant, aloof and driven. But most people believed he was honest. This perception has been vaporized by a campaign launched last month, immediately after Chubais and his fellow Deputy Prime Minister, Boris Nemtsov, engineered Berezovsky's dismissal from his government...
...being touted for Governor and beyond. Condon is "the most ambitious and opportunistic attorney general this state has seen in modern times," says David Lublin, a professor of political science at the University of South Carolina. "He has taken clever political advantage of the backlash against the 'moral looseness,' and is effective at getting his message...
...jerk that the newspapers made him out to be. He had every legal and moral right to think that it was in Bailey's interest to stay with him," Paul Ocon says. "But I don't think he was really mature enough to handle the responsibilities of being a father...