Word: moralizes
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...argues that society is best served by "rational selfishness," in which people act only to further their own private interests. Greenspan, who was a friend of Rand's until her death in 1982, credits the writer with teaching him that "capitalism is not only practical and efficient but also moral." During the 1960s, as a contributor to the Objectivist, Rand's monthly journal, Greenspan expounded some extreme economic views. "The welfare state," Greenspan wrote, "is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of society...
...disturbed by the moral malaise in the U.S. ((ETHICS, May 25)), perhaps we should check American attitudes to find the root of the problem. The American dream of the "good life," a label for our unchecked individualism, has led us to a state where opportunities have become rights and rights have become untouchable. Religion and morality are maintained not as guideposts of conduct but as props to make us look as if we were the good folks...
Underlying the soap opera is an essay on the seductive comforts of a conformist society and the way in which free thinkers inescapably disquiet the people around them. When the pastor speaks of faith, he means order, moral certitude, freedom from doubt. To him there is no deeper satisfaction than to be regarded as normal. His attitude echoes the values of a police state; when Road opened at Yale in 1984, then more effectively at Britain's National Theater in 1985, the pastor seemed a humbug, professing affection for an old friend while ruthlessly trying to have...
Dillon Professor of French Civilization Stanley Hoffmann, who also teaches Moral Reasoning courses, says that although the creation of the Core requirement was "a very good thing," ethics "ought to be a part of the teaching of every topic." Hoffmann's statements echo the concerns of teachers and administrators at the professional schools, as they grapple with the question of how to integrate ethics into the curriculum...
...delivered a now famous speech marking the 40th anniversary of Germany's unconditional surrender, in which he eloquently addressed the moral dilemmas raised by President Ronald Reagan's visit to a Bitburg cemetery which contained the graves of S. S. officers...