Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lasch is not knocking his subjects for their naive assessment of human nature, although this charge is implicit in any discussion of Dewey and Deweyites. He raps them on a more basic matter: for their incomplete participation in the revolution in standards and for developing a brand of moral relativism that was constitutionally incapable of taking a stand against the encroachments of power. "The new radicals were torn between their wish to liberate the unused energies of the submerged portions of society and their enthusiasm for social planning, which led in practice to new and subtler forms of repression...
...ashes of Jawaharlal Nehru have long since disappeared into the silt of the Ganges, carrying with them the faint shadow of the rose he always wore in his lapel. Gone with the Pandit is the image of India as a moral bulwark of the "nonaligned" world, a pious mediator between the great powers. Gone with the jaunty jodhpurs and preachy pronouncements is the hope that India might soon be an economic success. Gone, too, are the pride and the confidence that inspired India in its formative years. India without Nehru stands dispirited and disillusioned, a land without elan where...
...depression and fear. His message, which owes more to Peale than to Paul, soothingly emphasizes the presence of God's love. "You wrote him off years ago," he often says, "but he didn't write you off." Besides giving spiritual pep talks, Gornitzka frequently helps businessmen solve moral dilemmas. In a stock battle for control of his company, one West Coast executive faced insurgents who were tapping phones and spreading false rumors about the corporation's financial health. Gornitzka advised the executive to fight back ethically rather than adopt the enemies' tactics. The man lost...
Rather than euphemize about "the problems of schools in predominantly non-white neighborhoods" he titles a "Ghetto Schools: Separate and Unequal." Indeed, when it comes time to postulate a reason why desegregation in New York schools is not immediately possible, he cites "the timidity and moral irresolution of whites...
...Tribute paid by the English to buy off Danish invaders in the 10th century. Kipling's moral: "The end of that game is oppression and shame,/ And the nation that plays it is lost...