Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...protecting one of the world's last fisheries, for the benefit of the international community and, perversely, against its opposition. Thank God that strong countries exist to protect against this type of myopic ravaging of natural resources. "Political unions" won't mean a damn thing when our global and moral community go bankrupt...
Robert Coles lectures about the moral life of children. Journalists groan about the [im] moral life of politics. And with the coming of the 21st century, the moral life of sports is beginning to dominate the spotlight...
...raise heated debate over what words we can say on television, and over what types of photographs can hang in museums. We scold our public figures furiously for their infidelities and like to take the moral high ground. But there is a fundamental lack of substantive respect for the concept that it is necessary and right to deal honestly with one's fellow...
...there is a very good reason why the earliest moral codes developed by humanity command us to refrain from, say, stealing or committing adultery. The moral catch phrases mentioned above seem hollow because they are the mere reflection of this fundamental principal. Quite simply, basic honesty is the absolute foundation upon which any successful and benign society must rest. If this foundation is absent, basic human happiness and liberty begin to crumble away...
...call for a more balanced dialogue between Jews and the Christian Right may not go unheeded. Only this week Ralph Reed, executive director of the Christian Coalition, addressed leaders of the ADL in Washington, claiming that Jews and Christians must cooperate in "the fight to achieve moral stability and a sense of community based on shared values." Reed's remarks represent a welcome overture in a climate of growing hostility. Of his hopes for increased good will between Americans Jews and Christians: may they go from Mr. Reed's mouth to God's ears...