Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tyler, author of The Space Around Us, "war has been the great competition. It has made heroes out of individuals and even out of whole nations. Certainly the race for space is a better competition than war." In other words, the race may well become William James's "moral equivalent of war." Quite apart from such hopes, "the U.S. has no choice," says France's Fernand Vinsonneau, secretary general of Eurospace, a group of companies joined to promote space research. "If you give up this race, you simply resign your place as the world's leading technologists...
...Roman Catholics, abortion is a grave moral wrong. For a growing number of Protestants and Jews, it is an act that is justified under certain circumstances. Currently, the differences between these views are of more than academic interest. The introduction of several state abortion reform bills has caused a loud and bitter interfaith debate on the subject-and has indicated that even in an era of ecumenical good will, there remain profound disparities between Catholicism and other faiths on fundamental issues...
Firth emphasized that the war is a moral issue. He summed up his argument with an excerpt from The Gospel According To St. Matthew: "Whatsoever [harms] the least of my brethren [harms...
Clergymen have expressed concern that the Church is in danger of divorcing itself from political realities by adopting a black-and-white attitude to the war. Blanning warned that viewing the war as a purely moral issue would cut the Church off from responsible liberal protest...
...government can pass--and what is more important, enforce -- laws that prevent that harrassment of people exercising their right to assemble and form organizations for their own advancement. These organizations can then, by putting pressure on public and private agencies, facilitate change. That is the limit, not of the moral obligation, but of the political capacity of the government...