Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...technological solution has received the greatest attention in the past three years. President Reagan has called his SDI a "moral imperative." But the language of morality has been bandied about loosely and inappropriately by both sides in the so-called "Star Wars debate." It is a good example of stunted moral reasoning in the discussion of nuclear issues...
...more a moral imperative than are alternative ways of enhancing deterrence. While a case can be made (and debated) for such defense, it has to surmount the obstacles of feasibility and cost in terms of competing strategies and competing moral claims on resources. It is not moral simply because of good intentions...
...While people may share moral outrage about the role of the CIA, I don't think they have sympathy for this kind of moral bullying," Duffy said...
Others scientists decided not to fast. "The act of fasting exerts a moral pressure because it is considered a virtuous act, but we need to concentrate on the sharing of information and logical argument," said Michael I. Ratner, a research associate at the Harvard College Observatory...
Zionist leaders are mistaken, however, if they believe that they have gotten away with this grand endeavor. The superpowers, despite the "moral" and other support lent by the U.S., have their own interests in the Middle East. The Arab-Israeli conflict serves as a great chessboard, a weapons testing ground, and the focus of the struggle for intelligence and precious resources. It is not the interest of either to allow the other's proxies to win the incessant wars, so there is no real hope for a military solution. Israel's great tactical superiority is neutralized, while the population clock...