Word: moralizes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...What we don’t have yet is courageous moral leadership from the leadership of our institutions,” he said. “That’s a huge missing piece...
...Fighters, produced the first half, while Brian Deck, who has worked with Iron & Wine, is responsible for the second half. Norton’s influence is apparent in the album’s unsparing opening track “1492,” a song about moral disintegration—something Duritz’s songs have always wrestled with. At times the blaring guitars fall just short of overwhelming Duritz’s wails. True to form, Duritz writes lyrics that are self-reflective, almost to the point of narcissism. His fear of selling out—the theme...
...Frank Furedi in his online column Really Bad Ideas, recently commented on the emergence of a new term: science combined with a definite article—the Science. Science and the Science have quite distinct meanings. Science is a tool that investigates the natural world. The Science is a moral, political, and dogmatic force. For example, science tells us the weight of calcium and voltage of lightning; the Science tells us not to eat trans-fats, how often to get colonoscopies, and how many cups of coffee are safe for daily consumption. While science is like a cool older brother...
...first is the movement towards considering everything in scientific terms. For example, incest is viewed as “bad” not because of a moral reason but because of the biological disadvantages caused by inbreeding. Old arguments based on values have been replaced by arguments over data. Groups ranging from the environmentalist movement to the pro-life movement use scientific research to justify their worldviews. In today’s world, it isn’t enough to simply logically disagree, but rather one must negate or at least undermine the opposition science’s authority...
...cultivated image as a straight-talking, maverick, John McCain has few issues as symbolically important as torture. No Republican has been as outspoken an opponent of prisoner mistreatment and abuse as McCain, and his own painful experience as a prisoner during the Vietnam War has granted him a unique moral authority on the issue...