I keep reading what it says...why would any moral person need a gun when it’s clear that too many people are dying? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Here and there an individual or group dares to love, and rises to the majestic heights of moral maturity. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll sit over here with Nell, and if you come across any particularly edifying moral precepts you think would do me good, read them aloud.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had not realized the meaning of what I had said; its moral horror was unfelt by me, and her attack seemed without cause. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t we all have the right moral instincts? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that if he could convert Guenever to God, this would solve the moral problem. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kennedy told the nation that segregation was a moral issue—“as old as the Scriptures and ... as clear as the American Constitution.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The moral’s pretty obvious, Sanders said, and winked. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later Lyra had forgotten the moral, but she hadn’t forgotten the little whirling vanes in the ray of dusty light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, for us moderns, laws of nature are scientific laws and natural laws are moral laws. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We have formed your society in a particular way in the hope that you will rediscover the moral sense most of us have lost. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had from the first maintained that what we had done, we had done proudly, and for moral reasons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My part was the smaller one, though I was the engine of the play’s moral, which was that men who take great risks often suffer great consequences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, Dr. Xuma and other African leaders spoke at several meetings and along with the Youth League gave full moral support to the struggle of the Indian people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took it as calmly as ever, in spite of the fact that he accused them of things I’m sure no donkey has ever willingly done, especially not Beta, who possessed impeccable moral character. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The consensus reaction was that Bobby’s expectoration reeked of callousness regarding the carnage taking place in Bosnia, and was a clear flouting of, if not international law, then at least moral norms. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The very notion that Jefferson should feel himself the injured party with the moral leverage to forgive her husband was a preposterous presumption. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The intent of his queries, as he soon established, was to introduce a subject the prosecution had emphatically avoided: the question of Wells’ own role in the murder plot, and his own moral liability. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You want my opinion, Mitchell Sanders said, there’s a definite moral here. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the time or the place for moral quibbling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The animals in her stories were always smarter than humans, and capable of making complex moral decisions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moral pessimist, von Wright questioned whether the material and technological advances of modern society could really be considered “progress” at all. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As he stared at it, he found himself being pulled out of the human world into a world where moral boundaries blur and finally dissolve completely. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then shoved me aside, and to my moral horror, began wiping with her dress the steps where I had trodden. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, she reassured Charles—and herself—that he was a good man, a moral man, and should get into heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It showed me how any country’s moral strength, or its moral weakness, is quickly measurable by the street attire and attitude of its women—especially its young women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither member of the Adams team could ever comprehend this historical transition as anything other than an ominous symptom of moral degeneration. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Demetrius didn’t come. Probably because fun is against his moral code. And Dex is drunk. Loosening up for once in his life, thank the skies.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

So often these books for our young people do not enforce a moral. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It whittles you down to lie up to fifty times in the space of the fifteen minutes or so it takes to do a “survey,” even when there’s a higher moral purpose to serve. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It confirmed to me how apartheid was a poison that bred moral decay in all areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, they soon saw that the physical force was abetted by a moral one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the old man, Nasser, had no moral qualms about their divorce of convenience and agreed to help. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that his conscience bothers him. Or that he feels any compelling kind of moral outrage. He thinks he’s been somehow wronged by the whole business.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They corrected each others work and policed their ranks like soldiers against tardiness, sloppy appearance, and the perception of loose morals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We would not defend ourselves in a legal sense so much as in a moral sense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were decent fellows and found themselves in a moral quandary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a man of uncompromising moral strength, coming into a new country with a small stock of goods and supporting five people out of it in comfort and security at least. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret prayed to God for deliverance, promised an end to the wickedness and moral shortcomings she had expressed in her flight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A standard argument was that a Christian needed moral certainty of the truths of their faith, since the fate of their soul was at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Before we even get started, Lee Lee says, “I’m just here for moral support. Jade, you know I can’t draw.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This theft would come to several hundred dollars in value, but more important it would ruin the high moral tone of the party. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was initially disappointed, then felt some measure of moral victory, having kept it so close against the bigger school. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But Papa said to kill it,” I said, trying to shift the moral blame upon my father. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Articles appeared in newspapers and blogs decrying the moral decay of girls in general. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His function was to come along for moral support. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is lovely to see you as well. Why, I was just telling my girl that she missed a very moving discussion on moral responsibility at our last Bible study.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Trotter recognized this appalling possibility, but maintained that there was some moral obligation to inform next of kin when one took to one’s bed. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He sometimes wondered if the country had lost its moral center, its sense of benevolence. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I assume there's a moral to this story." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I also read the conduct hooks she prescribed to teach me morals, though I found them most tiresome. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Exploitive and condescending, in the name of steering her clear of the moral decline inevitable to her nature. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were still a few hands up, including Jules’s and Aileen’s, but Mr. Hale went on about the battle in Milton’s mind between individualism and the moral order of a Christian universe. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Africa has slipped the floor out from under my righteous house, my Adah moral code. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mao offered moral support and—more important—the promise of military backing to his North Korean neighbors. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe we are living in a moral universe. If we continue to demonstrate and pay the price, then we will succeed.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sent this didactic gem to several markets, but it found no purchaser, and she was inclined to agree with Mr. Dashwood that morals didn’t sell. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the only moral a story need have. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Much advice on writing has the tone of moral counsel, as if being a good writer will make you a better person. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I see a day when new scythes will be chosen not because of some esoteric moral high ground, but because they enjoy the taking of life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

What one is after when farfetching might be described as the intuitive perception of a moral entirety; and thus it tends to find expression not in rational symbols, but in metaphor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

In all questions of morals they were allowed to follow their ancestral code. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Everywhere one looked the boundary between the moral and the wicked seemed to be degrading. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, you act like it’s a fable. It’s a true story. Does truth have a moral?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

By allowing their fearsome imagery to overwhelm their moral message, the GAC members may have generated more interest, not less, in pressing the program ahead. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Communism had found a moral code that could control the conduct of men, yet it was a code that stemmed from practical living, and not from the injunctions of the supernatural. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that reason, they fall into a different moral class than the Jewish Holocaust, which was a state policy of mass murder. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In determining a parent’s influence, which dimension of the child are we measuring: his personality? his school grades? his moral behavior? his creative abilities? his salary as an adult? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The men who hired them were for the most part moral citizens intent on efficiency and profit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Glaucon’s story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But behind her sarcasm was a serious moral reservation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

John Tu helps people through education, financial support, and high moral standards. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The moral weirdness of prison was never discussed—the racial inequality and the power inequality; the them and us; the constant saying no. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own—and only—explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to promise him I wouldn’t lie or steal or associate with persons of loose morals, or covet my neighbor’s wife, or anything. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were my backup singers and moral support. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One of the biggest moral bombshells handed to Billy by the Tralfamadorians, incidentally had to do with sex on Earth. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the beach, the girls built a signal fire from sticks, palm leaves, and paper from their morals clause contracts, rescued from their official “Welcome, Miss Teen Dream” folders. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Our moral laws were policed by our Fmit of Islam—able, dedicated, and trained Muslim men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called one friend after another, but none of them had seen the news story the night before either, and they could offer only moral support, not enlightenment. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Effortlessly, without giving it a moment’s thought, we are capable of changing our language, music, manners, morals, entertainment, even the way we dress, all around the earth in a year’s turning. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Based on a recently published bestseller, The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, La Traviata was met at first with moral outrage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There’s no moral high ground for me to take. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my blunder was in manners, his in morals. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Some have been lacking in educational ability and others have been lacking in moral stamina.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Father informed her that God showed no mercy upon those who flouted their elders, and that he, Reverend Price, had washed his hands of her moral education. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only such real, meaningful actions as those which are sincerely motivated from a deep sense of humanism and moral responsibility can get at the basic causes that produce the racial explosions in America today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, in the realm of morals the role of Christianity has been, at best, ambivalent. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She came into her own with the women who had despised her, by being more moral than they; she avenged herself on Cholly by forcing him to indulge in the weaknesses she despised. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the head of an illegitimate, discredited minority regime, as his is, has certain moral standards to uphold. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since 1400 theologians had been discussing what they called ‘moral certainty’—evidence good enough to rely on, even if there is a great deal at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The job was full of discretionary power and the decisions about how to use it were often moral. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be difficult to explain to a dog the good and moral purpose of a thousand humans gathered to curse one tiny human. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she certainly would have made no investigation and then held a moral debate between what she wanted and what she thought was right. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that one book she had her history and her poetry, her knowledge of peoples and things, her ethics, her morals, and her salvation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eugenicists such as Galton had hoped to select complex phenotypes—intelligence, height, beauty, and moral rectitude—as a biological shortcut to enrich genes for intelligence, height, beauty, and morality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Certainly not because I was held back by the kind of moral paralysis that can mask as journalistic objectivity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Jefferson and the other members of the Virginia dynasty, he regarded any explicit defense of slavery in the mode of South Carolina and Georgia as a moral embarrassment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But his modest means did not stand out as much as his efforts to guard his morals. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They drafted a message to the white delegates, calling it a “moral appeal to the hearts and consciences of the people of our State.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Your moral support is going to distract me in the arena. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even a prison chaplain, one of the “good guys,” faces the underrecognized moral dilemma inherent in working in a jail. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its leaders believed that white South Africans could be persuaded, on moral and humanitarian grounds, to end segregation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In such times, the elderly moralists are content to relax their moral laws a little, in return for being defended. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I still want to be your friend. I think we should still stick together and be each other’s moral support. But maybe it’s okay if we’re not friends with each other’s friends.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Is it moral to eat meat from a slaughterhouse like National Beef? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

This theory is bound to provoke a variety of reactions, ranging from disbelief to revulsion, and a variety of objections, ranging from the quotidian to the moral. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had escaped, a feeling of overwhelming moral outrage filled him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In essence, the tribe was asking us whether we shared its feelings; if we refused to join the church, it was equivalent to saying no, to placing ourselves in the position of moral monsters. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is there not some reason to wonder whether the black community, to some extent, has lost its moral compass? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t being thick after all — you were showing moral fiber!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After I assured myself that little “Minnie” was of sound health and good moral character, I agreed. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was a businessman, pronounced ztfynessman in his case, a hardworking, earthbound professional, more concerned with inbreeding among the lions than any over­arching moral or existential scheme. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She confessed to experiencing a moral anguish over meeting him so secretly and deceiving her mother and father. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of conversation in which I established most easily my moral superiority over this degenerate, I found myself pondering once more the crises of our times. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are entitled to no respect and little moral concern. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Smith’s revelation regarding strata heightened the moral awkwardness concerning extinctions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As he described the session later, “quite strongly negative things on moral grounds were being said.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The moral, again, is that some unlikely event is likely to occur, whereas it’s much less likely that a particular one will. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The moral of the story is that things are a mess in here. We effectively ‘lost’ almost two hundred thousand books when Tolem burned the Larkin ledgers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There is no moral in these observations, nor any warning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen this drama close up, but until this moment he had never had to face the moral conflict of helping a desperate woman. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter, Govan, and I believed an appeal would undermine the moral stance we had taken. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think my mom would like that moral.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I suspected I would encounter difficulties because Chief Luthuli was to be in attendance and I knew of his moral commitment to non-violence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It helped create the format of the modern civil rights demonstration, and it established the Lincoln Memorial as moral high ground for generations of protesters. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Thus I have moral certainty that Caesar crossed the Rubicon, and moral certainty that Pascal accurately reported the Puy-de-Dôme experiment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This leads to a breakdown in moral standards, to an alarming rise in illegitimacy and to growing violence which erupts, not only politically, but everywhere. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While some argue that it is attributable primarily to racial bias and discrimination, others maintain that it is due to poor education, unraveling morals, and a lack of thrift and perseverance among the urban poor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The scientists urged the committee not to short-circuit testing that could make nuclear weapons more moral. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now she seemed to have on the Professor’s mental or moral spectacles also, for the faults of these poor stories glared at her dreadfully and filled her with dismay. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the face of a man of hardened integrity who could no more consciously violate the moral principles on which his virtue rested than he could transform himself into a despicable toad. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Brought down by the destruction of the atmosphere or lack of resources or moral squeamishness. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Instead of a moral crusade, the movement became an almost purely legal crusade. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I felt that if I confessed I would give them a moral advantage over me that would be unbearable. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet Mr. George F. Kennan, the retired diplomat, allowed that he felt “not the faintest moral responsibility for Africa.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each side of the agreement had a moral duty to build and maintain a positive relationship with the others. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

If people were, in essence, naturally moral, what was the need for religion, really? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you don’t have to deal with us and our silly morals,” Dad added. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Someone should write an erudite essay on the moral, physical, and esthetic effect of the Model T Ford on the American nation. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no guilt, no moral dilemma, no argument or anguish—danger, yes, but she always knew what she was facing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to ask Mr. Kasigi about bullfighting anymore. I object to it on moral grounds.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The moral law applies to rational, language-using creatures, and the law of nature binds all human beings by virtue of their capacity to recognize that there are moral obligations that are common to them all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To not help him, they believed, would be a greater moral offense and act of ingratitude than even his verbal attacks of hostility and hatred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t try to kill a poor old woman whose only crime is decency. You don’t drag her off to live in a moral sewer.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to be genuinely embarrassed at the stridently proslavery rhetoric of the delegates from the Deep South and much more comfortable on the high moral ground of his northern friends. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Eventually, with the concept of a tacit reserve, a principle from moral philosophy is introduced directly into epistemology, establishing a limit to knowledge claims. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It turned out, then, that summer, that the moral barriers that I had supposed to exist between me and the dangers of a criminal career were so tenuous as to be nearly nonexistent. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Jefferson’s Anglophobia was more virulent in part because it was more theoretical, a moral conclusion that followed naturally from the moralistic categories he carried around in his head. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the stories she told them of moral decay, of the wicked who preyed on the good, were made more poignant by this clutch of arm to breast. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything had changed suddenly—the tone, the moral climate; you didn’t know what to think, whom to listen to. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It illustrated a moral lesson, the Intercessor explained, and went on to explain what that was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he says after he realizes that I’m not kidding, “My ingredients are friendship, intimacy, moral compatibility, physical attraction, and the X factor.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Characteristically, as always, the devilish white man lacks the moral strength and courage to cast off his arrogance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The careful development of thrift, patience, high morals, and good manners. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inflexibly rigid in her own moral conduct, she condoned weaknesses in others. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone holding the job was hopelessly compromised as any sort of moral example. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There, you see? And look how moral you two are! Virtually incorruptible.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And then as I got deeper into my own life of evil, I saw the white man’s morals with my own eyes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but what if the thief turns out not to be as moral as he sounds—what if he’s a real sicko?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There did not have to be a moral. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Or is it our personally best soul—say, the one that indwells in us at the height of our cognitive powers and moral aspirations? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t imagine fighting peasants in Vietnam,” one student said to him, “given everything I have learned about moral behavior over my lifetime.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We have a moral and ethical obligation to tell the truth.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

All the plans for gradual emancipation assumed that slavery was a moral and economic problem that demanded a political solution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

At last, the world, the national, and the local pictures had been fused into one overwhelming drama of moral struggle in which everybody in the hall was participating. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless’s beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn’t a challenge at all. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brooded at length over what he perceived to be his father’s moral shortcomings, the hypocrisy of his parents' lifestyle, the tyranny of their conditional love. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie dreaded the drinking periods—not on moral grounds but because Papa wasn’t a man she knew then. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black man in the ghettoes, for instance, has to start self- correcting his own material, moral, and spiritual defects and evils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was such a fake gesture to go along with her fake feelings of moral and filial commitment that she knew right away how foolish she seemed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My understanding of the universe was physical, and its moral arc bent toward chaos then concluded in a box. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing about an individual as important as his IQ, except possibly his morals,” Terman once said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But if we let them die or suffer when we can save or help them, we face the certainty of a moral twilight. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

People who performed great acts of physical, moral, or spiritual courage, often risking their lives or livelihoods. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a loaded question and you know it, sir! I’m so sick of this moral double-dealing I could—” He had stung her, and she had shown him she felt it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But, Sir, I thought every story should have some sort of a moral, so I took care to have a few of my sinners repent.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Zo and our cousins came over to give my parents moral support. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It took Mrs. Baker and Mr. Vendleri and even Mrs. Sidman—who was coming along with us to lend Mrs. Baker moral support, she said—to get us finally herded onto the bus. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s the moral of every story Baba ever tells. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Beneath my moral outrage was a strong sense of possessiveness, a fury that other people were sinking their hooks into my own personal midget. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As Fred Gray later said, “I don’t mean to take anything away from Mrs. Parks, but Claudette gave all of us the moral courage to do what we did.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

There are three basic flavors of incentive: economic, social, and moral. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You accused me of moral turpitude, Mr. Marsden. I am here to say I am not guilty.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Witness the women, both young and old, in America—where scarcely any moral values are left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one need not oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds to feel shaken by the notion of a private sadness being converted into a public good. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He found that Scythe Faraday’s moral imperative and ethical high ground infused Rowan with purpose—but only in the scythe’s presence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Szilard circulated a petition arguing on moral grounds against any deployment of the bomb at all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In most cultures, matricide was perceived as an ultimate act of moral perversion. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you swear, or dress shabbily, do you think that people might say this is because of the bad morals or the poverty or the illiteracy of your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The moral for a writer is obvious: a reader must know the topic of a text in order to understand it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My fantasies were a moral bulwark that enabled me to feel I was keeping my emotional integrity whole, a support that enabled my personality to limp through days lived under the threat of violence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a morality to the house, and Emma was the moral center, the bribery notwithstanding. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The struggle, therefore, that now begins in the world is extremely complex, involving the historical role of Christianity in the realm of power—that is, politics—and in the realm of morals. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I cannot say whether it contain wisdom or folly; nor what moral lies therein. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They must demonstrate through words and deeds their ability to live by and aspire to the same moral codes as the white middle class, even while they are being discriminated against wrongly. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was customary for slaves to witness the abuse of their brethren as moral instruction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When they were done, they arrested Lionel, accusing him of moral crimes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed a flitting sense of moral superiority, but not for long; he was too incalculable. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Corporation would like to take the time now to present this moral in the following montage. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And it was for moral reasons and sporting interest that she left her school and her home to compete with a man whose fame as a great, unprincipled eater had spread throughout the country. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We had somehow caught the spirit of the role of our sex and we flocked together for common moral schooling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I do know about my dad is that he hates racism and homogeneity more than anything, and not because of any feelings of self-righteousness or moral superiority. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

An issue to tout, a side to stand on, a moral high ground to stomp with my righteous foot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“This is a hearing to determine whether you’ve violated community moral standards. Do you understand that?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you have time to be moral?” snapped Eva. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I felt embarrassed, being told insect morals by my baby sister. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mastery over nature, mystery and all, was a moral duty and social obligation. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

St. Joseph’s Prep holds itself in high moral regard and self-consciously grooms America’s future elites. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Grandpa’s stories always have morals, but this one I don’t want to hear. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Generally, while still in prison, our convict-converts preconditioned themselves to meet our Nation’s moral laws. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emotion and high anxiety would likely express itself in the form of a racially charged debate about values, morals, and personal responsibility rather than a debate about the prison economy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The chief testified to his belief in the innate goodness of man and how moral persuasion plus economic pressure could well lead to a change of heart on the part of white South Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, the condemned man was forced into a kind of moral collaboration. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pavlov said that Fischer’s “tantrums” were an insult to the World Champion, who had every legal and moral right to refuse to meet Fischer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But this physical suffering was nothing compared to the moral torture I was about to endure. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don't think Mr. Kreuk considers morals when he chooses who to sell to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So through a complicated, haphazard, and constantly readjusted web of economic, social, and moral incentives, modern society does its best to militate against crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the commentary, I won’t employ anything that even smacks of theme or moral. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” Rick interrupted, “for you to have two horses and me none, that violates the whole basic theological and moral structure of Mercerism.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Neville Chamberlain addressed the House of Commons on September 1,1939, his statement of the facts was brief, clear, and plausible, but suffused with moral and emotional judgment. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is a national organization, with overseas branches, whose purpose is to help those living in rural areas—and the children particularly—develop practical abilities and moral character. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And living an ethical life, a moral life, is important to them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Tell another story, Mother, one with a moral to it, like this. I like to think about them afterward, if they are real and not too preachy,” said Jo, after a minute’s silence. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it would be interesting to say that at this point I felt torn in some way, grappled with the moral implications of each of the courses available to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eva wouldn’t hear of such a thing, fearful the neighbors would gossip about her daughter’s morals. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Most of the judges,” and here, Bagman gave Karkaroff a very nasty look, “feel that this shows moral fiber and merits full marks. However . Mr. Potter’s score is forty-five points.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lawrence’s friendship with Neylan desensitized him to the moral quandary faced by members of the Rad Lab, especially its European-born scientists. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I should be afraid she might overdo, if I didn’t know her ‘moral fit’ wouldn’t last long. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still admired him, his moral fiber, his life of clean lines, but now it was admiration for a person separate from her, a person far away And her body had changed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Lee, I think we are going to have to use a more forceful argument than moral persuasion.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that saying prayers before each mission is a very moral and highly laudatory procedure, sir,” he offered timidly, and waited. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The authorities seemed to have a weakness for historical films, particularly ones with a stem moral message. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus Descartes opted for the least common phrase available to him in French as a translation for lex naturae in order to give his phrase a precise reference to scientific laws, not moral ones. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The pamphlet described him as a “card-carrying member of the ACLU,” which it said was the equivalent of being “against everything moral, ethical, righteous, holy, Christian, Godly and patriotic.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said the truth was that I didn’t have a soul and that nothing human, not one of the moral principles that govern men’s hearts, was within my reach. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a moral wrong for girls to wear lipstick or sun-backed dresses. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It had a symbolism that wasn’t in the other poems, and it also involved the poet’s ideas about the moral responsibility of the mariner. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The only certainty that summer was moral confusion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He measured himself and those around him by an impossibly rigorous moral code. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of these moral principles was that it was never a sin to charge as much as the traffic would bear. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The tlamatini, who “himself was writing and wisdom,” was expected to write and maintain the codices and live in a way that set a moral example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The inmates’ protests, though they had a patina of moral force, only hardened my resolve. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chastity and moral purity were qualities McCandless mulled over long and often. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be there when you tell her. You know, for moral support. If you want, I mean.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But who has the world’s lowest morals if not whites? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Emma knew Charles was a good man, an honest and moral one. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ultimately achieves a personal and moral victory by finding the bad guy and throwing him in jail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

After the German surrender, he brought one more argument to the table: using the bomb on Japan would fatally compromise America’s moral and humanitarian standing, undermining any efforts to create a workable international control regime. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In my twelve years as a Muslim minister, I had always taught so strongly on the moral issues that many Muslims accused me of being “anti-woman.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was widely accepted that scythes adhered to the highest moral and ethical standards. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then when he realized he was like a man caught talking aloud to himself, it was almost as though he had done some moral wrong. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beyond that, all of them felt a certain amount of moral indebtedness to the bank since it had helped them make their fortunes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted moral advice, someone to reconcile my calling as a wife and mother with the call I heard of something else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘It was a terrible transgression. A moral wrong.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“True, sir. Many a moral for the young,” returned Mr. Wopsle,—and I knew he was going to lug me in, before he said it; “might be deduced from that text.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise’s gleanings of adult morals and mores to date were few, but enough: it was possible to have a baby without being married, she knew that. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

This was the type of case, not at all untypical in South Africa, that offered a moral jigsaw puzzle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was stuffy and just cool enough to remind you that the building had air conditioning, but some budget or moral constraint kept it from being used to make things very comfortable. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Conversely, I am sure there were many of my father's generation who recognized instinctively this 'moral' dimension to their work. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a temptation for her to be magical and dramatic, and to regard what she had witnessed as a tableau mounted for her alone, a special moral for her wrapped in a mystery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It represented a recognition in the West that our struggle was a moral one, one too long ignored by the great powers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dobzhansky had sought simplicity—but he had also issued a strident moral warning against the oversimplification of the logic of genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The town appreciated the moral of the performance, their applause resounding through the park. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the spirit of their shipboard con game, they continued to spin out false histories for themselves, inventing brothers and sisters with plausible names, cousins with moral shortcomings, in-laws with facial tics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our leaders are selected by their peers for their impeccable character, moral fortitude, and leadership skills. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In any case, white people, who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that they lived, had no moral ground on which to stand. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The skeptics would call it madness or worse, while the people who believed me might see the possession as a moral failing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even Smith would be in an optimistic, relatively chatty mood, stringing several hundred words together in what the papers would call “a great moral victory for the reporters present.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His emotions could not withstand the weight of the moral pressure. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inviting her over as moral support was probably the best decision I’ve made in weeks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They seemed to think they had found someone who had a chink in his moral armor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She had always been nice about her morals; she grew nicer still. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I already did. I talked with his mom about it this afternoon. I figured it would be good to have some friends there for moral support.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Another category of restriction: “persons convicted of a crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Was I sabotaging my academic career over an abstract moral principle that mattered very little? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These same internal stirrings also predisposed him to regard all perfectly symmetrical narratives or stories preaching an obvious moral message and populated by larger-than-life heroes as utter fabrications. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He described party allegiance as “the last degradation of a free and moral agent” and claimed that “if I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You want to know how moral she is?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a completely unanticipated event my moral conscience became clear. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Since what is often at stake in moral choices is confidence that one has got the facts right, the term was extended to other contexts in which people make judgements about questions of fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They ruled that moral laws came before duty to any nation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tame by our standards, and as Coach said, it wasn’t likely to incite a religious war or anything since it contained a moral lesson. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Therefore he has, in my opinion, called in doubt his moral rights to play the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The white man is in no moral position to accuse anyone else of hate! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although many poor African Americans rejected the philosophies, tactics, and strategies of the black elite, ultimately moral uplift ideology became the new common sense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of the esteem she had for Pietro Crespi, she could not tell whether his decision was good or bad from the moral point of view after his prolonged and famous engagement to Rebeca. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Facts, but not many, and never the emotional or moral dimension. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the 1970s, researchers conducted a study that, like the Israeli day-care study, pitted a moral incentive against an economic incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He saw that almost as a moral responsibility. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Much more serious, though, is the moral gap left unfilled. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Faye was a nice woman, not very bright, highly moral, and easily shocked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and forthrightly, without thought of personal loss or discredit. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this is the moral of the story. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Milo took a firm moral stand and absolutely refused to participate in the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade until Captain Black called upon him with his delegation and requested him to. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

To build a school was to unite the practical and the moral, Farmer realized. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“As moral, religious and law-abiding citizens,” the group wrote, “we feel that we are unprejudiced and undiscriminating in our wish to keep our community a closed community.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

My mother’s face showed disgust and moral loathing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Maria was off with her new ideas and the arguments she’d had with the morals instructor at the convent. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Muslim first had to change his physical and moral self to meet our strict rales. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence it may have been Africa that gave birth to the languages spoken by the authors of the Old and New Testaments and the Koran, the moral pillars of Western civilization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had never approved of his work with the Klan, not because of any moral problems with the organization, but simply because it took time that she felt C.P. should have spent with his family. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had grown up in a ruined home, witness to the moral and economic deterioration of their father and then the slow illness of their mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moral was: Don’t confide in an inmate about your personal life. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both resented the marriage because it exposed—to each other, if not to society at large—their own immaturity, moral weaknesses, and intellectual shortcomings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Incidents like the eastern Illinois spraying raise a question that is not only scientific but moral. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We have morals in Limerick, you know, morals. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Papa would have a fit, but it’s got a good moral lesson. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

To me, the moral of the story was that there will always be hurdles in life, but if you want to achieve a goal, you must continue. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was explaining to Alice that as far as she was concerned there was nothing more valuable to the human body than sunbathing, and that nudist colonies were the answer to the world’s moral problems. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very moral family he was born into. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose the moral is,” said Arthur, “that you must not commit mortal sin, even if twelve lives depend upon it Dogmatically speaking, I believe that is sound.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We not only left people behind; we also lost touch with the moral force at the heart of the movement itself. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had wanted him to make her feel justified, solidify her right to self-pity, encourage her to occupy a larger portion of the moral high ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What we make reference to is the obvious lack of moral integrity and discipline among several members of your group. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

African American leader Booker T. Washington shared this view, opposing suffrage on the grounds that giving women the vote would undermine their moral and domestic influence. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It is the result of combining discovery with the moral virtues associated with Evidence-Indices. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The only reason you think you’ve got morals is because you don’t need money the way regular people do.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several weeks earlier, Henry had become angry when the twins were voicing moral objections at the idea of killing Bunny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I have never seen such an effect, physical and moral, produced by the utterance of one word,” marvels the Confederate major. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The moral: Don’t quote it if you don’t have to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Numerous people said that the Nation of Islam’s stringent moral restrictions had repelled them—and they wanted to join me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were alcoholics, Benito was as dumb as a guppy, and Tom was a moral black hole. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself as the young Winston Churchill covering Kitchener’s battle at Omdurman, a battle of superior versus inferior arms, except that, unlike Churchill, he sided with the moral victor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Biber’s ‘Guardian Angel’ is an especially interesting piece because it is constructed in a format known as a ‘Passacaglia’, which divided moral opinion in the seventeenth century but continues to influence music today. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And that, ultimately, our morals would prevent us from electing someone who promoted racism and misogyny and xenophobia. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For the physicists of the atomic bomb program, Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945, complicated the moral and ethical issues connected with the device they had invented. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This family is, like so many others today, attempting to grapple with the many questions and the moral and ethical issues that surround the “birth” of HeLa, and the “death” of Mrs. Lacks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his brute strength meant only moral weakness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I called June to see if she was free, since I wanted her there for moral support. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the Academy seemed to embrace an institutional denial that what we were being taught to do had a moral aspect. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he started grilling girls about their habits to see if their moral standards were high enough for him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there’s wreckage, and inflation, and moral collapse. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Amelia, but if I let you carry on about her moral duties when the girl plainly has no notion of them herself, this conversation will last all night.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the same at all. Sloth was crew. She swore blood oath with you. She didn’t have morals. But this swank?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its claims of public-spiritedness and moral rectitude obscured its essential nature as a terrorist organization seeking economic, social, and political power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He is as guilty as everybody else, no matter how many moral hairs he can split. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stated another way, we Muslims regarded ourselves as moral and mental and spiritual examples for other black Americans, because we followed the personal example of Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real reason, he said, was “jealousy in Chicago, and I had objected to the immorality of the man who professed to be more moral than anybody.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Civil rights was “a moral issue,” Johnson was declaring to everybody—while his best friend was the Southern racist who led the civil rights opposition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not mean to suggest that the freedom struggle is of a higher moral order than taking care of one’s family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some men who could have avoided the army enlisted, and others objected to the war on moral or religious grounds and took the walk up Golgotha which normally comes with that. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The proper role of the League, Lawes believed, ought to be as a “moral force,” not an actual mechanism of self-government. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a very delicate moral problem,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We have morals! You keep hanging around my daughter, I’ll shoot you!” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily, however, artists also need patrons among their audience who will purchase their work, thus combining moral and financial support. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first alienists described this condition as “moral insanity” and those who exhibited the disorder as “moral imbeciles.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put their faith there and let the smaller securities take care of themselves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I would use my trial as a showcase for the ANC’s moral opposition to racism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the moral of the story is that people get passionate around books?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And if the European entrance into the Americas five centuries ago was responsible for them, what moral reverberations does this have today? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Come dark, however, the island takes on an offshore atmosphere of relaxed morals. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A moral freeze: I couldn’t decide, I couldn’t act, I couldn’t comport myself with even a pretense of modest human dignity. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to help me out,” I say as I sink back into the water, “you could always offer some moral support.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He has no excuse just because he is the head of such a discredited regime not to uphold moral standards.... Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Scotch are such a moral people,” Catherine said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My mama told me to sell her for a dollar,” I said, feeling that I was being too aggressive and trying to switch the moral blame for my aggressiveness to my absent mother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the country, suffrage opponents successfully—if unfairly—linked women’s rights with lax morals and sexual scandal. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He appreciated the sheriffs answer; it cast a favorable moral light on his witness and gave him the authority of the conscientious man, for which there was ultimately no substitute. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And what kind of moral support would you like?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two andys together—this isn’t a moral question, it’s a practical question. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If a story seems moral, do not believe it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moral aspects of the military blockade as a weapon in times of peace had been bothering me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had before them the basest of crimes, a crime made worse than sordid by the fact that they were dealing with a monster, a man without morals. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

These tales stimulated my childish imagination, and usually contained some moral lesson. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘So the guy turned into a snake. The moral is: Frank has been eating squirrels?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It is her habit, like a self-anointed preacher, to choose a moral tale from her memory and tell it to those nearby, whether or not they wish to hear it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A millionaire businessman and a prominent Catholic layman, Murray framed his position in stark moral terms. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Katrina would stay in camp, as she refused to hunt on moral grounds. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"Look at that. This country has no moral compass." Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I have never had a problem in staying up through the night, but during one such night I was put in a moral quandary' that has remained in my memory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got my first schooling about the cesspool morals of the white man from the best possible source, from his own women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were going to have to stand out there on the porch and hear the moral of the story. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prescott’s thunderous cadences remain a pleasure to read, despite the author’s firmly stated belief, typical for his time, in the moral inferiority of the natives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I asked my uncle what the moral of the story was, he said, No moral. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Schools located in ghetto communities more closely resemble prisons than places of learning, creativity, or moral development. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you fools with your morals and your sins. It doesn’t much matter. We were going to kill you anyway. We’ll take the belt after you’re dead.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“We need a conversion of morals,” the elderly man said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What bonded us into the best organization black Americans ever had was every Muslim’s devout regard for Mr. Muhammad as black America’s moral, mental, and spiritual reformer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I believe in my heart of hearts that he suffered as much about Lucy’s death as any of us; but he bore himself through it like a moral Viking. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With a courageous gathering of his moral forces he moved with decision toward the car. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The “sterilization of failures”—the weeding and culling of the human genetic garden—haunted him with its many implicit moral hazards. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed grateful to have Jinx nearby for moral support. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now, with Wotton’s formulation of a tacit reserve, moral certainty was required to give way to a new sort of temporary knowledge, a purely provisional understanding. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Did they have ceremonies, moral codes, sports contests and religious rituals? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Russell, an associate pastor whose ethical code is wavering, and Marion, who deals with long-buried traumas, head up the family, which goes on to confront moral and spiritual questions. 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

He hustles through the picture with aggression, slick dishonesty and just enough heart to make his ultimate moral awakening credible and moving. An Appraisal: Marvelous Invention of Movie Make-Believe 2010-10-01T23:18:00Z

When Donaldo tries to rile Chester into finally opening his church, the play grinds to a halt as Mr. Shanley’s fondness for vigorous moral and religious debate swamps the stage. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z

Most recent research on moral injury has come from work with veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Everyone thinks "Stranger Things" Season 4 is about trauma. It’s not 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

Once, addictions were viewed as failures of character and morals, and society responded to drunks and junkies with shaming, scolding and calls for more “will power.” Addiction is not a disease: A neuroscientist argues that it’s time to change our minds on the roots of substance abuse 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

The moral rot and callous corruption depicted in “Angels Wear White” has a particularly bracing effect in part because, cultural specifics aside, the inhumanity on display is hardly alien. Review: ‘Angels Wear White’ Is a Searing Tale of Moral Rot in China 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Hemingway, who had never directed a feature film, comes from the church of David Simon, which values moral murkiness over naïveté, documentary detail about East Baltimore over an ethnography of the Ewok village. George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z

Conversely, that seemingly black-and-white divide amplifies the moral grayness that all of these shows create when the prisoners are the protagonists and the people on the outside are their opponents. 3 small-screen shows that depict life in the big house 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

This piece, the first section of Jones’s “Analogy/Trilogy,” is a true account of geographical and moral boundary-crossing that brazenly crosses borders of its own. Perspective | Storytelling is the key ingredient in the year’s best dance works 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Using the moral denial of the Nazis to reflect this woman’s tragic flaw does not convince. | 'The Zero Hour': Madeleine George?s Hitler Youth at Walkerspace 2010-07-07T21:11:00Z

President Obama “didn’t have the moral courage” to deal with the poor, Belafonte said, nor did he act on the racial profiling that has contributed to the growth of the American prison population. Harry Belafonte still singing song of social justice 2013-01-14T21:16:10Z

A deeply cynical movie masquerading as a complex moral dilemma, the Australian drama “Felony” proves only that skilled actors and slick photography can tart up even the most problematic script. ‘Felony,’ a Drama About a Police Cover-Up 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

That Quaker girl waiting for the Light is troubled by the moral implications of owning a slave. Review | What was it like to live in a world both more formal and more brutal than our own? 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

There were some who insisted that domestic service guaranteed moral order, just as in Edwardian times charitable foundations such as Barnardo's saved the souls of city waifs by sending them into service. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z

I wouldn't have any moral judgment or value judgment that would make me say one is a good mother or one is a bad mother. "Saint Omer" examines the darkest maternity taboos and the "language of the accused" 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

Jonathan is a type Isaac plays well, a reflective intellectual with a “need for moral superiority” who holds a lot of resentment and familial-religious angst behind that lush beard. Review: In ‘Scenes From a Marriage,’ a Couple Unhappy in the Same Way 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

The challenges of balancing work and family are also acknowledged as difficult, but no longer are they cast as moral crises or insurmountable. Thanks to TV's strong women, voters are ready for a female president 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

Every generation has its moral panic, and it happens to be you this year, and two years from now, it’ll be someone else. Miley Cyrus on Her Jump to Sexy Twerker 2013-12-26T19:34:34Z

“Attractive characters displayed higher intelligence, lower aggressiveness and greater moral virtue,” the study said. Perspective | Why does Hollywood keep equating beauty with virtue? 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

“We’re seeing organized groups go to school boards and library boards and demand actual censorship of these books in order to conform to their moral or political views.” Book Banning Efforts Surged in 2021. These Titles Were the Most Targeted. 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Cottle and Ms. Mathie provide the most substantial pleasure as the fundamentally kind brother and sister whose moral worthiness is slowly warped into moral obtuseness. | 'Neighbourhood Watch' : ?Neighbourhood Watch? by Alan Ayckbourn at 59E59 - Review 2011-12-08T03:17:19Z

Open for about two years on an unlikely corner just a hurled pint glass away from rowdy lower Sixth Avenue, it exudes calm, and perhaps a touch of moral superiority. Critical Shopper: A Step in the Smart Direction 2010-09-16T03:50:00Z

Up the stairs she struts to the moral and literal highground of the balcony, managing somehow to resist doing air kisses. The Hard Sell: Lancôme 2012-10-05T23:05:15Z

“But that’s the moral dilemma we’re all facing right now: Do we travel to find someplace more permanent, or do we stay put where we are and hope for the best?” Pre-covid, the ‘van life’ was a free, easy and trendy lifestyle. Now, its practitioners are pariahs. 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

It was decided "taking a moral stance on the ethics of the oil and gas industry remains outside of Tate's charitable objectives". Tate reveals BP sponsorship figures 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

I’ve said for years, the first half is a murder mystery and the second half is a moral mystery in the episodes that really work. Dick Wolf on 'Law & Order' and His New Book 'The Ultimatum' 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

The design of social media platforms amplifies moral outrage and triggers the brain’s reward centers through punishment and shaming, particularly shaming that is motivated by schadenfreude, according to Molly Crockett, a psychologist at Yale University. They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started. 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z

It was left to the Chinese poet Xi Chuan to question the idea of the moral purpose of the novel. Irvine Welsh tears into Booker prize 2012-08-19T19:06:49Z

This season’s Oscar favorites “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” seem to fall into the élite brospeak Weltanschauung, tracing impossible physical trials for revenge and a supposed moral order. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

However, there’s a one-note fanaticism in her Antigone that limits the character’s moral superiority, perhaps more than intended. 'Jean Anouilh's Antigone,' Greek mythology for the selfie era 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

"There is a kind of quid pro quo, a certain moral obligation to support someone who has supported you," says Fox. Why art students should go to gallery openings 2013-06-26T09:01:43Z

Among other things, "The Sopranos" was about moral relativity, and gangsterism as a metaphor for life.  So long, "Lights Out" -- you coulda been a contender 2011-04-05T14:01:00Z

Otherwise, Nina’s fine with sneaking around, even when a minister becomes her temporary houseguest; she has the moral fortitude to ignore him. Review: ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow,’ Except for That Illicit Affair 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Absolute parity of income would mean merit and moral worth would be rewarded with esteem and not with cash. Bernard Shaw's guide to the post-crash world 2012-10-12T21:55:16Z

King Joffrey’s death brought no small amount of glee last week, his baroque villainy obscuring the moral ickiness of delighting in the murder of a child, even a malevolent fictional one. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: A Regression to the Mean 2014-04-21T02:01:11Z

In his new documentary, The Truth About Killer Robots, Pozdorovkin traces all manner of dangers – economic, psychological, moral and, yes, mortal – posed to our species by automation and robotics. The Truth About Killer Robots: the year's most terrifying documentary 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

As the title announces, the movie isn’t about the arguments of lawyers, judges or any other guardians of the moral galaxy, any more than it’s about questionable child rearing, predatory men and regrettable girlfriends. Review: In ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl,’ a Hormone Bomb Waiting to Explode 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

There is a moral element here, too: when accepted forms of beauty and their attendant assumptions go unquestioned for too long, a kind of blindness, born of complacency, can set in. The Ugly Truth 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

She cues the audience when to laugh at the many caricatures of any battling family and when to get serious, have good cry and attend to Perry's moral lessons. Madea's Big Happy Family: Tyler Perry's Drag Ball 2011-04-24T14:05:00Z

They also vied with each other, invisibly, to give the children a moral education. It's a dog's life 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z

The real Snowden is quiet, thoughtful and deeply beholden to his own personal moral compass. Stiff upper lip or man on the edge? How movies see real-life heroes 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Or the woman whose morals I never questioned? The sacrilegious love affair I couldn’t resist 2014-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Guillermo Teillier, president of the Communist Party that Neruda belonged to, told the Appellate Court in Santiago that it's a moral requirement to clarify whether Neruda was killed to silence his criticism. Chile's communists want Neruda's death probed 2011-05-31T22:27:23Z

It's about principles and values and ethics and morals and being peasants in this society. In the thrilling "Workforce," an exploited construction worker takes the ultimate revenge 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

It rises to a harrowing crescendo of overlapping strains of agony—physical and emotional, spiritual and moral—that is among the strangest, most intricately tangled of all of Scorsese’s creations. Martin Scorsese Tests His Limits in “Silence” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

"The best cliffhangers are the ones tied into emotion and the moral dilemmas." AUDIO: TV soap cliffhangers 'are best' 2012-09-01T10:53:04Z

As is clear in the book, the older Mr. Apatow seems more focused on moral questions. Judd Apatow’s New Book Is a Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

“That’s a bit much, my goodness,” he said, cracking up, then shifting again, taking his voice down an octave to register a hint of moral disapproval: “My word.” Eddie Murphy Is Bringing Eddie Murphy Back 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Minister of communication Mustapha El Khalfi said the film “undermines the moral values and dignity of Moroccan women, and is a flagrant attack on the Kingdom’s image”. Star of Morocco sex worker film flees for France after 'beating' 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Writing in The New York Times in 1972, Clive Barnes called the play “a shattering indictment of that moral condition sometimes known as Middle America and its rising flood-tides of human conformity.” Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

The moral of the story is the moral of every story here: It’s complicated. Review: A Catalog of America’s Problems in ‘Awake’ 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Cranston is an artist drawn to characters who defy such easy moral categorization. ‘Breaking Bad’ star adds luster to Seattle writer’s Broadway play 2014-03-10T20:36:00Z

Where Romney’s framing is moral, simple and straightforward, Obama’s is policy-oriented, filled with numbers, details, and so many proposals that they challenge ordinary understanding. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

"I think the surprising thing there is that people really look to the family, and then secondarily, to their faith teachings, for moral guidance" in their lives, Boyd said of the survey findings. Faith in America isn't dead: 'Strong thread of spirituality' in nation, new survey finds 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

They saw their government, not themselves, as violators of laws, moral and international. ‘Doing Time for Peace’: hard time for the peacemakers 2013-03-27T22:28:15Z

Throughout, he manages to communicate both Karski’s extraordinary moral strength and his passionate reactions to what he sees. ‘Remember This’ Review: Finding Strength Amid Moral Failure 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

Some of Pappas’s dramatic exchanges are bracingly smart, especially a negotiation between British and American officials in which the moral high ground shifts several times. Oh, Say Can You See: National anthem’s back story in sharp Fringe play

Submitted for your approval: Mr. Fred Staples, early 30s, a rising executive whose vaulting ambition o’erleaps itself in a cautionary tale of corporate ladders and moral compromise that will prove eerily prescient 60 years later. Eerie parallels to today's workplace pressures, moral choices in '50s Serling work 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

An American who lived most of his life in Ireland, he spoke to this century’s intellectual and moral dislocations. A Toast for J. P. Donleavy 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

He came to his decision after a sit-down with Alicia, that moral bellwether. ArtsBeat: 'Good Wife' Watch: Alas, More Perils of Will 2012-02-20T06:00:57Z

His music is easy on the ears and unending pain on the logical and moral centers of the brain. Cass McCombs: Imagine Beckett as a Cranky Singer-Songwriter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

All of this lends the Covington video a kind of moral momentum. What the Covington Saga Reveals About Our Media Landscape 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

In my view, this moral regression — like the resurgence of overt bigotry in our political discourse — marks the panicky response of a dominant culture feeling the tremors Cheryl alludes to above. How Do I Deal with My Anger Toward Men? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

It might have led to an increase in denominational humility – the sense that maybe there are things to be learned from other kinds of Christians, the outside world, or the moral trajectory of human history. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z

Who should set the moral standards for the nation: the church or state? WATCH: Bishop explains why churches should stay out of politics 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

He wiggled his legs, hips and shoulders, too — onstage and then on television — inciting screams among young women and a moral panic in the older generation. Review: A Reverent Elvis Doc Separates the Trailblazer From His Tragedy 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

They view society's traditional moral rules as nonbinding and consider at least some norms of religion or society as open to revision based on new insight. Why America is so weird about sex 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

The conference had an unintended, equally revolutionary consequence, though: the unleashing of a women-led “family values” coalition that cast feminism not just as erroneous policy but as moral transgression. ‘Four Days That Changed the World’: Unintended Consequences of a Women’s Rights Conference 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

And by putting a human face on moral arguments, Mr. Lonergan gives them more force. Critic?s Notebook: Reconsidering ?Lobby Hero? by Kenneth Lonergan 2011-11-06T22:45:44Z

It’s not as if his children were a moral weakness. Social Q’s: Dial Down Your Anger 2014-04-24T19:02:57Z

But mainly it just wallows in the cynical act of moral manipulation with a lot of loose ends, a high body count and some regrettable racial overtones. The body count and stereotypes pile up on 'Gang Related' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Eschewing the cautious “religion of peace” script that typifies most talking-head critiques, Ms. Hirsi Ali forthrightly denounces Western multiculturalism and moral relativism. The State of Conservatism 2010-06-11T21:46:00Z

The moral clarity of these stories is comforting not just for a 3-year-old, but also for many adults. Viet Thanh Nguyen: By the Book 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

English lords, ladies and politicians battling in the parlor and Parliament over whether the Union or the Confederacy held the higher moral and tactical ground. 4 good reads from National Book Critics Circle awards' finalists 2012-02-03T20:50:10Z

This seemed like a deeply dubious stance on the moral certitude of corporations—Corporations: Always Doing the Right Thing! The Pain of Denying Kesha Her Audience 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Putin, however, recently said two-year sentence was justified because "It is impermissible to undermine our moral foundations, moral values, to try to destroy the country." Moscow court frees 1 of 3 Pussy Riot members 2012-10-10T11:39:11Z

Mr. Osnos paints a China rived by moral crisis and explosive frustration, whose citizens are desperate to achieve wealth, even as they are terrified of being left with nothing. ‘Age of Ambition’ and ‘Leftover Women’ Gauge Social Upheaval 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

So here’s the moral and philosophical takeway if there is such a thing: People talked about “freedom” but we lived it. Down with Thanksgiving! 2012-11-22T17:00:00Z

The vampire community lives by a Bill of Ethics, and research has shown that atheists are no less moral than theists. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

The protagonist’s detective skills are augmented by her willingness to cross moral and ethical lines a la Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley, which probably played better when her character was 17 years old. ‘Veronica Mars’: Good vibes, fan extras fill this reunion 2014-03-13T20:13:22Z

Two years later – in the same year she met Dahl – she starred in The Day the Earth Stood Still, lending paranoid sci-fi a real sense of moral and sexual conflict. Patricia Neal: a career in clips 2010-08-09T11:06:00Z

In any case, the moral ambiguities that animate the film’s last act are less intriguing than the world it depicts on the way to an overwrought climax. Review: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘When You Read This Letter’ Is a Vexing Noir 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Considering a cookbook titled “Last Dinner on the Titanic,” she wonders about further meals in dismal moral taste. Prime Cuts From Jenny Diski’s Catalog of Intimate, Witty Essays 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

What exactly, though, is “mental weakness”? And to what extent does one’s psychological stamina, one’s resistance to addiction evince a moral quality? Review | Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ is a book of blazing brilliance 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

White is proposing that moral and biographical complexity is worth a reader’s attention, even if he or she doesn’t agree with the writer’s politics. What Edmund White Thinks You Should Read 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Her delight in eviscerating ideologues and moral scolds gives her an air of unpredictability on television. Ana Navarro and the P-Word 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

“Refugee resettlement is a bellwether of our country’s moral center,” Goudeau writes. The Story of Refugees in America Through the Gripping Tales of Two Women 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

The education of Philomena gives the play its moral structure, which parallels and intersects with the more familiar arc of a maverick scientist’s progress. Review: Reckoning With Medical Betrayals ‘Behind the Sheet’ 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice, but someone needs to apply the pressure. For Two Teenagers on Election Day, the Political Gets Personal 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z

Trinity Wall Street, in particular, positioned itself then as a major moral force in Lower Manhattan, with hourly concerts during the day at the home church and its satellite, the historic St. Paul’s Chapel. 9/11 Memorial Concerts, Mostly Low-Key 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

This was a moral crisis the religious right had to confront. True love waits? The story of my purity ring and feeling like I didn't have a choice 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

You want a fleeting feeling of moral superiority? How HQ Trivia Became the Best Worst Thing on the Internet 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

After Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and the rights of Huguenots in 1685, a disgusted Pierre Bayle dared to ask an almost unthinkable question: could a society be moral without religion? The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Throughout he uses his proven skills as cinematographer and editor to draw us into a story that plays subtle tricks with our moral allegiances. Side Effects – review 2013-03-10T00:06:26Z

Harried by oppression and poverty, his protagonists fall into acts of moral compromise; the heroes must become that which their conscience condemns – a snitch, a bully and thief, a beggar. Why Vittorio de Sica is one of Europe’s greatest tragic film-makers 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z

The ethical dynamics of the host-guest relationship underlie much of our most basic moral thinking, all around the world. After tragedy in France, rethinking the dynamic of guest and host 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Unless you imagine that gifts are wrong or temporary, I don’t see the moral or ethical dimension here. Is Supporting My Brother Worth the Insult to My Family? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

My moral compass was as rickety as the piles of trash in which I stood. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z

Julia Raeside No moral nadir, The Apprentice, but a show that skewers corporate culture the way Spinal Tap did heavy metal. TV highlights 05/06/2013 2013-06-05T06:00:05Z

I think it’s telling a story that’s both starkly moral and empathetic–that its writers don’t believe that understanding Walt means excusing him. Is Heisenberg Dead? Walter White and the Light-Switch Theory of Morality 2013-09-24T16:44:50Z

A moral man sticks out in a place devoid of ethics, making him all the easier to cut down. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: What a Wonderful Wedding 2014-04-14T02:00:12Z

Sledge, who begins the war as a shy, polite guest at someone else’s battlefront, becomes a ferocious combatant, only to be worn down by filth, fatigue, brutality and moral corrosion. Television Review | 'The Pacific': First Marine Division in Gruesome World War II Battles 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z

They provided rare moments of unity and moral clarity. Terrible husbands and homicidal in-laws: why online advice columns are so addictive 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

The challenge — and it’s a big one, as the franchises morph and blend and reboot, to keep going and going and going — is maintaining any sense of coherence or moral logic. The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Beneath Mauritanian tents, a storyteller tells moral fables inspired by the oral tradition of Senegal's nomadic Fula people as children design artwork from desert sand. Malian music by moonlight seems far from country's woes 2013-11-27T11:27:16Z

“I personally subscribe to Dr. King’s definition of an unjust law as being ‘out of harmony with the moral law.’ This Is the Face of an Undocumented Immigrant. Don’t Look Away. 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

There is no plea for compassion, no attempt at sentimentality and perhaps no effort at moral judgment. ‘John’ at the National Theater in London 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

The Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco frequently devises narrative puzzles that hinge on unusual and emotionally fraught moral and ethical dilemmas. ‘New Order’ Review: A Revolutionary Nightmare or a Recurring Dream? 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

I offer up a number of my own moral challenges, hoping for the best, but when it’s his turn he offers an apologetic grin. Michael Fassbender: ‘I was a bit of a worrywart. I’ve tried to work on that’ 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z

His 2009 book Justice, based upon the course, became a global bestseller, sparking a craze for moral philosophy in Japan and earning him the accolade "most influential foreign figure" from China Newsweek. Michael Sandel: 'We need to reason about how to value our bodies, human dignity, teaching and learning' 2012-05-27T19:01:01Z

Innovative, unflinchingly mature and richly imagined, it is driven by fascinating, finely nuanced characters navigating a fantasy world of dark political intrigue and ambiguous morals. Video Game Review: Exploring Moral Consequences, the Obvious and the Unintended 2011-06-21T21:39:34Z

For Grass, writing, self-expression, was a moral responsibility, regardless of the controversies it might stir. How will Guenter Grass be remembered? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

“Not every choice we make is blessed with moral clarity -- especially in our business,” Dar tells Saul. 'Homeland' recap: Carrie's at a crossroads as Season 4 wraps 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

And the programme-makers have a moral responsibility for her now, for the rest of her life. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

Again and again, in sermons and private conversations, I was told that civilization outside of WBC was made up of sinners, alcoholics, drug addicts, and lost souls with no moral compass. Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church: We were “true believers,” everyone else the enemy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t until 1982 that the British government appointed a committee to recommend regulatory guidelines, headed by the moral philosopher Mary Warnock. Seven ways IVF changed the world – from Louise Brown to stem-cell research 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

To limit moral concern only to fellow humans, he argued, is unjustified “speciesism.” Peter Singer Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

And while Barbara may just look like she’s letting down her defenses, what you witness is the revelation of a moral imperative that is itself profoundly political. Movie Review: ‘Barbara,’ Directed by Christian Petzold 2012-12-20T21:52:52Z

He mentions “moral” regrets, the fourth category, as an example. You’ve been told to let go of the past. But can regret be good for you? 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

The point of fiction -- or naturalistic fiction, anyway -- is not moral edification. The evolution of Atticus Finch 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

The story, which emerges slowly through the warmth and noise of Pio’s daily life, leads him toward a wrenching moment of moral crisis. Review: In ‘A Ciambra,’ a Young Roma Boy Comes of Age 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

It made possible a whole new genre of nonfiction - highly readable deconstructions of how regulatory and moral gaps spawn financial excess and contributed to the collapse. Review: Personal finance industry gets drubbing 2013-01-14T17:41:13Z

If viewers are disappointed by the Amazon series, Drout predicts, it will because it lacks the “literary and moral depth” of Tolkien’s world. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’: The Reviews Are in 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

It’s actually the Countess, with a simple stroke of moral nobility, who turns, with the suddenness of revelation, into the opera’s heroine. “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Met 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

"I'm trying to honor Shakespeare's work within a contemporary moral code," she continues. A spooky, dreamy 'Midsummer' to spread its wings 2011-10-20T20:16:08Z

From then on, when Schur saw drivers misbehaving, he would comfort himself by imagining them losing 15 points on their moral score cards. Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Also, no figures of comparable influence in the non-west hold them to account, or point out the correct path to moral redemption and literary glory. Why Salman Rushdie should stick to holding Obama to account 2013-01-04T08:00:07Z

The industry’s moral challenge is to ensure the groups who have suffered the most under the drug war can participate in the green rush and enjoy the spoils of legalization. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

The Rosellis, an upper-class Jewish family, were guided by a strong moral imperative in their fight against Mussolini and other authoritarians. New in Paperback: ‘To Siri With Love,’ ‘The Relive Box’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Anatomists held public dissections to expose the telltale traits of moral corruption in the internal organs of criminals and convicts. Review: ‘Anatomy Theater,’ an Opera, Puts Convicts Under the Knife 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

The photogenic qualities of the assassin soothed most of our moral concerns. Assassination at the movies 2012-10-04T07:00:02Z

Negan is smart and violent, and he has a strange moral code. 'The Walking Dead': Who Is Negan? 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

That seems to be the moral of this ingenious creation. 3 Minute Masterpiece winners help launch SIFF 2012 2012-05-17T07:37:31Z

If Jesse Pinkman could be the moral center, meaning right in the middle, the gray area, part good, part bad, then fine. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan do a 'Breaking Bad' autopsy 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

In what seemed a desperate play for his old moral authority, he wrote that Jews, Christians, and Muslims are able to build their homes anywhere in Jerusalem and only under Israeli sovereignty. Postscript: Elie Wiesel, 1928—2016 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

But the movie bristles with caustic humor and moral rigor. ‘Donbass’ Review: War in Ukraine, the Prequel 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

This is Hollywood’s moral depravity on full display.” ABC Stokes Controversy with 'Scandal' Abortion Storyline 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Throughout the game, players will be faced with moral dilemmas about whether to help other characters. Mickey Mouse's mean makeover erased from Wii game 2010-06-15T18:17:00Z

Numerous stories anticipate the moral ambiguity of Chekhov's mature work, in particular "A Singular Occurrence". A brief survey of the short story part 47: Machado 2013-03-01T15:28:24Z

It’s estimated that around 10 percent of death row inmates suffer from a severe mental illness; recently these statistics have again raised some of the moral dilemmas surrounding capital punishment. “I executed 62 people. I’m sorry”: An executioner turned death-penalty opponent tells all 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

“It was a moral obligation to do what you are capable of doing,” one of Fourcade’s operatives said. Remembering a Woman Who Was a Leader of the French Resistance 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

“A company that sells alcohol is the moral touchstone of the NFL.” Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart blasts NFL for its “special brand of spiteful ignorance” 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

These nuances not only allow us to approach policy issues with more complexity, they also temper our moral certainty. A Sweeping History of What We Eat 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

She has gone on this journey with her moral compass and humanity, but I was like, I want her back, badder than ever. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer Lay ‘Killing Eve’ to Rest 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

Brian lives in the land of Maurice, and navigating that volatile terrain while fumbling with his own moral compass is the heart of the book. In ‘Summer Brother,’ Sibling Bonding During a Season of Turmoil 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

Join us in our open thread from 10.30pm to share highlights, agree and disagree and generally get on your moral high horse. Join us for a Question Time to remember 2013-06-20T17:47:12Z

Sometimes they function as comments on the story's moral. With "Swarm," two "Atlanta" collaborators kick the beehive of toxic fandom 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

The emotional power, musical rigor and the principled way Coltrane spoke about that music gave me a sense that music — or art — could be rigorously made and have a moral dimension. In Louisiana, a Haunting Landscape 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

Re: Manhattan, that film is specifically about moral decline, and while the age difference in the Allen/Hemingway relationship is cringe-inducing, every other relationship in that film also has an "ick" factor... intentionally. Louis C.K. and Hollywood’s Canon of Creeps 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

They take aim at what Lapid sees as modern Israel’s political, moral and spiritual shortcomings, focusing on characters whose personal agonies mirror the national crisis. ‘Ahed’s Knee’ Review: A Filmmaker’s Agony in the Desert 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

I would prefer to tell my children that mine is the only way moral, caring, intelligent, thoughtful people could possibly see the world. Motherlode Blog: When Parents Disagree About Politics, Will Children Learn to See Both Sides? 2012-11-03T21:41:01Z

The main requirement is to endow misfortune with narrative and moral significance, if not always with a corresponding sense of justice or proportion. Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

No, what Burleigh does is to chart the prevailing moral sentiment of the belligerent states and their leaders and to examine how this changed under the pressure of war. Moral Combat: A History of World?War II by Michael Burleigh 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z

Instead, over the course of those original seven episodes, Mr. Gilligan said he discovered to his surprise that Jesse was “a moral center of this show.” Aaron Paul of ?Breaking Bad?: Character and Career Both Live 2010-03-20T04:38:00Z

The moral of the story here and my nostalgia for the Automat was about this time where people were rubbing elbows and they liked that. Director on the appeal of "The Automat," which was "the coolest cafeteria of them all" 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Geographical distance, he argued, made no difference in one’s moral obligations. Peter Singer Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

The book also deals with many morals, and actually taught me some things I hadn't thought of before. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead - review 2011-04-13T11:43:46Z

But the puzzle is just one aspect of a story that’s freighted with considerable emotional and moral weight. Spy vs. Spy: Olen Steinhauer’s thriller ‘All the Old Knives’ 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

In a dark season, sharing the existence of a story as propulsive and transportive as this one is practically a moral duty. New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Ebony Magazine to Young Chefs 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

Seeking to try cases instead of push paperwork, she moved within the department to become a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. — and quickly confronted a host of moral quandaries. Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

Draper and Grey present litmus tests of the soul, inversions of the Cinderella story that place the moral burden on the girl in rags clutching the glass slipper. Riff: What Don Draper and Christian Grey Have in Common 2012-06-22T21:48:00Z

Tuberculosis, a microbial infection characterized by sputum and wracking coughs, became the “romantic disease” of the 19th century, its fevers and pallor standing in for creativity, beauty and moral superiority. The Trouble With Autism in Novels 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

"Those of us in the community may not all agree on its morals," said Elliott, a Democrat. In conservative America, small cities stand up for LGBT rights 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

He decodes their jihadi lingo and religious references, their flimsy moral framework of sin and punishment and their hatred for America. Held Hostage in Syria, a Reporter Tells What It Took to Survive 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

There are few remaining moral lines for Walt to cross, or, finally, to refuse to. Breaking Bad Watch: Train in Vain 2012-08-13T12:00:32Z

His comfort in the mainstream is very much in evidence: its big moral themes are delineated with lucidity, though perhaps without the subtlety he would achieve in later films. Stanley Kubrick's best films – ranked! 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

His wife Myriem, a Moroccan-born businesswoman, provided moral support and the license to work on a venture with little certainty of outcome. ArtsBeat: An Artist's Game of Chance on the High Seas 2013-01-08T17:24:53Z

If anything, they want to make the audience uncomfortable and question their values and morals by telling these real stories about women.” UnREAL and the Evolution of the Female Anti-Hero 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

According to Isern, the harvest used to depend on a “moral economy” whose basis was the loyalty engendered through interlocking family relationships between harvesters and farmers. Racing against the harvest, custom wheat cutters struggle to stay relevant 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

It's OK to do this, but there is a moral standard we are trying to achieve. "They play Santa Claus": Humanitarians tested by a stuck Land Rover in savage comedy "Intregalde" 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

Times and tastes have changed, along with social mores and moral codes. Movie Review: ‘In Secret,’ Directed by Charlie Stratton 2014-02-20T22:51:13Z

When the ultimate moral of the Ellen DeGeneres story is written many years from now, it may include counsel to be careful about mantras. The problem with Ellen DeGeneres is that she made "be kind" the unattainable goal of her brand 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z

In a sense, this is also Goodwin’s aim: to purvey moral instruction and even practical guidance to aspiring leaders through the stories of four exceptional American presidents. The True Grit of Four American Presidents 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Anyway, off comes his helmet, and Boyega gives a fine demonstration of moral relief, as the sweaty burden of malice is lifted from his soul. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Reviewed 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

The series has made its audience seriously question Allen's moral integrity. "Godzilla vs. Kong" and a Tina Turner doc highlight what's new on HBO Max in March 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

Any suggestion that Belle is in struggling with the morals or negative side of her chosen career is marginal; she's just gleeful at making so much money and having such a great time. TV Hall of Shame: #2 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 2011-02-09T13:04:29Z

“There’s moral and emotional suffering. And when there’s suffering, there’s compensation. It’s very simple.” Michael Jackson fans sue alleged abuse victims in French court 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

What was more important to me was that SOA commit to the stakes it set when it started–Jax’s moral battle for the soul of the club. Sons of Anarchy Watch: To Be? or To Be Continued 2011-12-07T13:32:43Z

If he were trying to talk about moral rearmament, it would be appropriate to say, ‘Hold it.’ Eliot Spitzer?s Long Road to Redemption 2010-04-07T22:51:00Z

By the time of Get Carter, in 1971, the police have practically vanished as agents of moral retribution, but it was Sidney Lumet's 1972 masterpiece The Offence that really nailed the Blue Lamp myth. Stop or we'll shoot: British cinema's portrayal of the police 2011-08-11T21:10:00Z

“The moral of the story is, don’t lick the books and you will be fine,” Alvis said. For Rare Book Librarians, It’s Gloves Off. Seriously. 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

His problem, however, as the film makes clear, is that he lives in an amoral universe where everything and everybody conspires to obscure the moral, ethical and social issues. Flight – review 2013-02-03T00:07:01Z

These themes — our shared human truths — can be tough and chewy and are not always easy to assimilate within moral systems we can all agree on. Perspective | Great art isn’t always made by good people, but this is getting ridiculous 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

But the final moral is: bad boys win. 'I hope I was evil ?' 2010-06-26T23:02:00Z

As older visions dissipated, “idealists,” some in Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch, pursued a new “moral consciousness.” Did the Crusade for Human Rights Lead to More Inequality? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

Regardless of their moral compasses, his men are solid as rocks; sturdy, weighty fellows who know what they want and scoff in the face of obstruction. Top 23 character actors in film 2013-04-12T15:00:00Z

A practically mute, moral spectre judging her father’s criminal lifestyle from the sidelines, she appears only a handful of times – less than 10 minutes in total. Seen but not heard: why don't women speak in The Irishman? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Does the rise of Donald Trump reflect a lack of moral leadership in this country? Edward James Olmos unloads on “dangerous” Donald: “Trump is the worst-case scenario for this country” 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

This underlines the sense of a moral imperative:  Someone is telling us this story, there’s a reason why. 'The Fireman' may be the best apocalyptic read of the year, if you can stand the heat 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

“God’s Creatures” is ultimately a movie about the collision between a mother’s fidelity and her moral conscience, and Watson is terrific at telegraphing how these instincts grind against each other to terrifying ends. ‘God’s Creatures’ Review: A Crisis of Conscience 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

“She is a really open and honest person who has a strong moral compass, and always seems, in the end, to do the right thing.” Conversations Toward Romance 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

There's a moral and a spiritual element that you bring to this project, in terms of faith for the young guys in the film. "There's things you don't know about Wu": RZA on "American Saga" & his new post-Katrina heist film 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

Star Wars is irresistible because it caters to every aspect of our moral frailty. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

Lawrence to publish “Seven Pillars of Wisdom,” lent moral and financial support to Edward Thomas — “the finest poet of his generation” — and produced the first major essay on Thomas’s American friend Robert Frost. Review | The literary tastemaker who helped bring Joseph Conrad and E.M. Forster to light 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

One of D&D’s most enduring contributions is the idea of alignment — a moral category determined along the axes of good versus evil and law versus chaos. A Beginner’s Guide to Dungeons & Dragons 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

A taut moral thriller, “Styx” is a story of what happens when self-reliance runs into other people’s desperation. ‘Styx’ Review: The Refugee Crisis as Moral Thriller 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

The moral is that plants that seem dead may not be. Winter-battered plants may look dead — but don’t give up on them yet 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

Joseph Finder, reviewing it, calls the novel “a thoroughly satisfying piece of entertainment that extends a tentacle into some serious moral reflection.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

And how do we live a moral life? Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books' 2013-01-19T17:30:01Z

Mamere, the story’s reassuring anchor and moral grounding wire, wants to be a doctor and dreams of reuniting his family. In ‘The Good Lie,’ Sudanese Refugees Adjust to America 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

To avoid these perceived moral failings of utilitarianism, retributivism envisions the state as a neutral and dispassionate actor who imposes punishment only as a moral imperative of society. “The Wire” is right about everything: David Simon nailed the police, media, politicians 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Those terms value theatricality, moral instruction and a variety of materials and objects — natural, artistic, industrial, found, made — employed with brutish verve. Art Review: A Spectacle With a Message 2010-11-19T06:45:00Z

If there is some moral here about multiculturalism or something, Bob-Waksberg’s temper is of the kind that would clinch it only ironically. BoJack Horseman review: shades of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Daria, but hard to love 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Arendt wrote that even under a totalitarian regime, moral choice remains. A Handy Guide to the Philosophers Referenced in 'Irrational Man' 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

What’s not fine is if Republicans, in a winning-is-a-virtue strategy, protect themselves with morality exceptions that they would not permit for others, while binding others by morals that they do not apply to themselves. Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Jane Bown Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. Christopher Isherwood's Liberation 2012-06-01T21:55:14Z

No moral blot can be allowed to blacken the reputation of a visionary. Theater Review: ‘Public Reading About Death of Walt Disney,’ at Soho Rep 2013-05-10T17:23:50Z

Gibbon argued that Rome collapsed due to a decay in moral and military fiber among Rome’s citizens, who became lazy, spoiled and inclined to hire outsiders to handle the job of defending their state. Culture is dead — again: It’s the end of civilization as we know it (and maybe we feel fine) 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

“Feud” presents its story as a moral tragedy for the ages, offering the usual cautions against fame and fortune, affixed with a warning label about mixing ego and liquor intake. Review | FX’s ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’: Another total knockdown, drag-out hit from Ryan Murphy 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

To me, the cockney embodies this quality as one who has the moral courage and wit to invent a means of living out of nothing, creating employment for themselves and others. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z

“We have no reservations or moral compass whatsoever,” one of the bandmates said. 15 Minutes of Fame Is Too Much. Try 6 Seconds. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

There, for the last 15 years of his life, listened to, respected and revered, Johnson could count on Thrale, who was, like him, a passionate moral being and literate companion. The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Osborne is not an economic illiterate; he's worse – a moral illiterate. Newcastle arts cuts sabotage magnificence of a region 2012-12-16T00:06:08Z

They also raise moral issues, like, “ ‘If you could meet Hitler right now, would you exact revenge?’ ” Spare Times for Children for Oct. 17-23 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Taste in fiction is subjective, though; moral imperatives are not. Just Like You, Claire Messud Never Read ‘A Brief History of Time’ 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

That might strike you as tantamount to financial and moral failure, but seen another way the late payers are taking advantage of the fact that mortgages are noncallable and also usually nonrecourse. Learning to Love Your Home Loan 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z

The programme follows Andre “Dre” Johnson, a wealthy executive, and his family through the usual sitcom misunderstandings, squabbles and moral dilemmas. Trump called it racist, Obama loves it: why Black-ish is TV's most divisive show 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

It also sends a clear message to those who fall back on science to answer any question or moral qualm, even when it comes to matters of the soul. Review | In ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,’ science gives way to an emotional process 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

Provocative characters make terrible decisions to draw us into their moral quandaries. NBC’s ‘The Slap’ is trolling, but in a surprisingly absorbing way 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

And what a satisfying moral to our story that is. The Men Who Stare at Goats: blink and you'll mistake it for reality 2010-04-21T12:04:00Z

Gillies and her husband begin with a very clear moral position on caring for the elderly. The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z

“All the aspects of the series that once startled viewers have become accepted: serialization; narrative and moral ambiguity; antiheroes or villains as main characters; beauty for its own sake.” Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Deep Dive Back Into ‘The Sopranos’ 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

Children can also reflect on the moral issues during a game included in the tour. Hamilton and Burr Square Off Again, This Time on a Museum Stage 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

A couple of stills will do the job, confirming that the key to longevity, in Hollywood, has nothing to do with morals, marriages, exercise regimes, or green vegetables. Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Since then, Ms. Lucas’s art has specialized in rudeness — although unvarnished honesty with a moral undertone may be more accurate. Sarah Lucas, Unmasked: From Perverse to Profound 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

If anything throws the value of this institution into high moral relief, it’s this program. Review: ‘Bellevue’ Celebrates a Hospital Not Crazy, but Compassionate 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

The portrait this book creates is one of a company chasing profits, spreading the gospel of downsizing and offshoring, its leaders virtually unmoored from any guiding principles or moral code. McKinsey Is a Consulting Powerhouse. But Is It a Force for Good? 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

I don't think their morals are very good. Too much to bare: behind the scenes at a lap-dancing club 2012-07-20T21:59:00Z

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are now our culture's moral backstops. Can three comedians transcend the red-blue divide? 2011-08-26T20:30:00Z

At first the play seems mere anthropology, detailing the morals and mores at the bottom of the food service industry. ‘My Mañana Comes’ Depicts Busboys on the Upper East Side 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Many of his movies are allegories on the absence of civilised behaviour in the conduct of war, exposing humankind's innate propensity towards violence and cruelty in the absence of a moral and spiritual code. Kaneto Shindo 2012-05-30T16:58:59Z

After the widespread condemnation, Jackson tweeted again: "This is my family & representation. I have standards & morals to what I believe." Jonah Hill's brand of soft boy misogyny is still misogyny 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z

Never overcrowded or overthought, it is a cheery affirmation of moral and artistic values. This season is your last chance to see Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker,’ a 28-year tradition 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Instead of howling around bonfires and turning stagecoaches into porcupines, they were figures of heroism and moral authority. The first Native American director. Or was he? 2010-09-23T22:50:00Z

The point is an attack on the social legacy of the 1960s, and an attempt to reverse the decline in the punitive moral authority of the church. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z

Many of them highlight the moral dilemmas and choices of people under a totalitarian regime. Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 'last stories' will appear in English at last 2011-07-23T23:07:17Z

But what she brings to a familiar dramatic theme is a surprising moral ambiguity. Review 2011-01-21T00:42:01Z

Are they gifts from a loving God or random occurrences, bereft of any moral or meaning? 'Lourdes': You better believe it's interesting 2010-04-01T18:56:00Z

Robert Barron, the auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, responded to the recent Tokyo rendition by lambasting "Imagine" as a "totalitarian anthem" and "an invitation to moral and political chaos." "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

He is someone of high moral character and principle. Beiber's manager facing charges 2010-03-25T16:52:00Z

A brief coda emphasizes the character’s pathos — and wonders if obeying orders is ever a valid moral defense — but makes empathy no easier. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Compliance,’ Directed by Craig Zobel 2012-08-17T15:23:01Z

Where does the moral imperative to leave something in place or find the true owner kick in? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it stealing to pick up a dollar from the sidewalk? 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

This is, Mr. Obama continues, part of “an effort to regain America’s moral stature in the world.” Movie Review: Jessica Chastain in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ 2012-12-17T23:06:45Z

“A lot of our moral intuitions and codes as humans may have evolved for a context where we have discrete human actors,” said Ziv Epstein, a Ph.D. student at the M.I.T. A ‘Virtual Rapper’ Was Fired. Questions About Art and Tech Remain. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

"It's fun to examine a character who is struggling with his moral center," Gilligan said. 'Better Call Saul' creators breaking a sweat about their 'Bad' fans 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Montgomery suggests it may lie "in a timeless lesson about humanity's moral responsibility to safeguard creation, as did Noah and his crew." 'The Rocks Don't Lie': looking at the evidence for a Noah-style flood 2012-08-15T19:03:03Z

This bit of dialogue doubles as a mission statement for a show guided by moral compromise. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

Saying that there are sorts of love that are sinful in themselves – "an intrinsic moral disorder" – is a good way of chivvying people towards despair. Look to the gospels, not the pope 2010-12-02T12:21:00Z

Far from being cuddly, Bennett also consistently questions conventional moral attitudes to man-boy relationships in a way that is undeniably provocative. Alan Bennett: a quiet radical 2012-10-12T09:38:00Z

Mortality looms everywhere in Nick Cave’s extensive song catalog: as tragedy, retribution, gallows humor, test of faith and moral paradox. Feist and Nick Cave Exorcise Different Kinds of Demons 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Church and state still patrol what is deemed OK, moral, loving and safe. Women and sex: intimate adventurers 2011-07-06T07:00:00Z

She was aware of the message she might send by backing out, given her reputation as a role model for African-American women and as one of America’s most trusted voices of moral authority. Pressured by Simmons Over Exposé, Oprah Winfrey Faced a Big Decision 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Yet it disturbed me that, in the moral panic over “American Psycho,” so many smart people made a rookie mistake: They’d confused author with character. In Hindsight, an ‘American Psycho’ Looks a Lot Like Us 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

The moral choice she faces is the same one everyone in the narrative does: When do we choose self-preservation, and when do we choose survival in a broader sense? Review | ‘Greenwood’ is an absorbing saga of families and trees — and how they survive 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

It is one small act of scripting genius that the moral ballast of this series, Chuck, is also stricken with a bizarre psychosis, namely a fear of all things electromagnetic. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: Don't Worry Saul, It's All Good, Man 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the studio bosses looked at their casualty list of box-office bombs and wondered if all that death, torture and moral complexity wasn’t putting people off. ‘Death to the infidels!’ Why it’s time to fix Hollywood’s problem with Muslims 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

Say what you like, though, about the moral imperfections of the Italian criminal justice system, it does not tolerate physical imperfection. Rewind TV: Zen; Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent; Silent Witness ? TV review 2011-01-09T00:05:37Z

In the short span of eight weeks, the country lost its most imaginative moral leader and its most progressive politician — and with their passings the chance of a meaningful national renewal all but disappeared. The Tragedy of 1968: What Might Have Been if King and Kennedy Had Lived 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

In this version of the story, the Devil and the Lord agree to pick a single human being and test his moral fiber. ‘Randy Newman’s Faust,’ With the Composer On Hand 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

That we aren’t fully initiated into the Vision, that we are outsiders to the exclusive club, isn’t as dismaying as the novel’s lack of moral exigence and, well, vision. A Search for U.F.O.s Leads to Utopian Dreams in This Debut Novel 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Even if we don’t set out for them to have a moral function, they do achieve a moral impact. Amanda Gorman, the Inaugural Poet Who Dreams of Writing Novels 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

Can it be the sheer weight of moral righteousness that guides her aim? Mutant bears, flying heads and chainsaw duels: the best movie moments of 2018 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

The "Star Wars" movies deal in moral absolutes. How "Ahsoka" takes the sexist subtext of "Star Wars" and brings it to the fore through Hera Syndulla 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

I didn't have any moral problem because it was just a movie with makeup and special effects. Eli Roth: new blood 2011-07-26T20:45:00Z

The 16-minute video that resulted, “Dislocation Blues,” is his most topical work so far, though it doesn’t pretend to either the objectivity of a documentary or the moral thrust of protest art. Sky Hopinka: Songs of the Earth and the Road 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

I think mystery fiction offers the complete package: a strong sense of place, complex main characters, moral and societal issues, roller coaster plotting. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

As in most northern European paintings of that period, the bugs and flowers are markers of some moral or philosophical principle. At the Tefaf Fair, Old Masters and Powerful Women 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

His opponent, so confident of the moral high ground, gets increasingly rattled and then blows it completely just as Weiner is walking away by muttering, “Married to an Arab.” Anthony Weiner’s downfall and Donald Trump’s rise: Everything that’s bad and stupid about politics in one lesson 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

One problem that has come up in preproduction is that Valere, though the moral heart of the drama, is an idiotic actor who lacks self-awareness. Mark Rylance: 'It's all about the attitude' 2010-06-15T20:30:00Z

Even the decisive moment itself isn't entirely shocking, given Loki's deliberate if swift moral transformation. "Loki" finds its glorious purpose in the end of the MCU as we know it 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

“One side says we cannot pass moral judgment in hindsight and you have to look at the past in a really nuanced way,” van Iperen said. Nuance Is Difficult When It Involves Nazis, a Museum Finds 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

Despite my initial moral superiority, I looked longingly at my phone across the room, yearning to caress it. Mommy, can you put down your iPhone? 2013-01-26T21:00:00Z

I have a strong reaction to morality and judging people according to their moral criteria. Making "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" required a "banal" sex tape to test how we police each other 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

The show, as many have also pointed out, offers a kind of point-by-point rebuttal of the entire Trump moral vision, or absence of one. The Meanings of Ivanka and Justin Side by Side on Broadway 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Both movies are part of “It Girls, Flappers, Jazz Babies & Vamps,” a series devoted to Hollywood’s contributions to the decline of American morals in the 1920s and ’30s. Movie Listings for March 18-24 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

What Morrison was hinting at is ultimately what I think we forget in the moral condemnation of racism: The racist's denial to confront his or her racism is a form of personal trauma. How racism found my son on Fortnite 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z

In other words, the movie’s aesthetic fakery is also psychological fakery, and even moral fakery. The Psychological Fakery of “10 Cloverfield Lane” 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Barring reliance on such good will, Wang explained that the only other factor that might be taken into account is a possible morals clause in an actor’s contract. #MeToo and the B-list: "Nobody cares because their assailants were not famous" 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

"We are a medical drama, not a moral drama," she added. Popular British TV drama to feature female genital mutilation plotline 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Minister of communication Mustapha El Khalfi said that “it undermines the moral values and dignity of Moroccan women, and is a flagrant attack on the Kingdom’s image”. Moroccan director accused of 'pornography and debauchery' over sex worker drama Much Loved 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Brilliantly, Scott's high moral tone was strangely absent when, two years later, he let it be known that if the Academy felt like nominating him for Best Director for "Rage," he wouldn't object. Strange but true stories from Academy Awards past 2013-02-20T16:36:13Z

Where Wasps go wrong, I think, is mistaking bad manners for moral breaches. "Low class" Donald Trump and the Wasps: Reckoning with vulgarity, snobbery and the presidency 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

The line between good and evil is clear, but that doesn’t banish moral ambiguity or save the righteous from guilt. ‘The Little Things’ Review: Good Old-Fashioned Police Work 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

A wily survivor uninterested in moral purity, Brecht was willing to compromise politically but not artistically. Stephen Parker’s new biography sets new stage for playwright Bertolt Brecht

But, even though Mr. Brûlé counts jet lag as something of a moral failing, he seemed a bit worn out. Tyler Br?l?: Mr. Zeitgeist 2012-01-04T23:56:43Z

In the aftermath of the last presidential election, I felt a moral obligation, fueled in no small part by certain worst-case scenario journalists, to maintain a constant state of vigilance. How to survive Election Day — and the aftermath — without losing it 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

He claimed he had a "moral obligation" to take such images. Artist Graham Ovenden denies abusing young models 2013-03-21T18:26:00Z

He was interested in the moral and social issues, and the personal things that happen as a result of these situations — this lack of justice in our society. In the thrilling "Workforce," an exploited construction worker takes the ultimate revenge 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Bar: A place characterized by raising of glasses and lowering of morals. Style Invitational Week 1204: At least ... 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

And it can remind us that although moral codes keep changing, the big themes — sex and power and birth and death — are fairly constant. Perspective | Great art isn’t always made by good people, but this is getting ridiculous 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

Because – waddya know – behind that grouchy exterior lies a man of unimpeachable self-denial and heart, brave and true, moral compass straighter than a flagpole. St. Vincent: I can't get no beatification – Toronto film festival review 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

The first, relating to my own moral compass, was an admittedly weird, conscious belief that I should wish, with all my heart, that the book would hit the stands as a work of historical fiction. Perspective | How to write a can’t-win book: An Israeli-Palestinian story 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

You will not only find moral support but also may see your way to some collective action. p.s. Assaulted by an art professor 2013-03-29T00:00:00Z

White Cube says the pictures describe "a world in which paranoia, fundamentalism, surveillance, religion, accusation and victimhood become moral shades of the city's temper". Gilbert & George show 60 new works 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

It's rarely that simple, especially for people who, like Smith, refuse to see a moral failing in the number on the scale, and who know they've "yo-yoed all my life." Kevin Smith: Skinnier -- but not proud 2011-02-11T16:12:00Z

While the Union and Allies were far from perfect, the former had the moral advantage of opposing a rebellion motivated by racist pro-slavery sentiment while the latter were literally crusading against Nazis. "1917" has one major flaw - it's irresponsibly nationalistic 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

The end result was that, in the minds of impressionable students like myself and my classmates, drugs were a defect rather than a symptom; a moral rather than societal failure. Nancy Reagan and the negative impact of the 'Just Say No' anti-drug campaign 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

The drama might have been enhanced if he had a bit more moral ambiguity. “The Kill Team” offers atrocities, but little insight into wartime murders of civilians 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

When one finds oneself riding on the social prestige of others’ achievements, then one is a moral parasite. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z

“The moral of the story is nobody cares as much as you think they care,” Vogt told me. Every Day Should Be E-Mail Debt Forgiveness Day 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

The circumscribed scope isn't always dramatically convincing, but the play's alternative moral vision is moving in its passionate conviction. 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Each concludes with a philosophical reflection, often related to humanity's impact on our fellow creatures, that takes the place of the medieval bestiary's "moral". The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson - review 2012-12-25T07:00:15Z

In 2012 she co-authored a paper on the moral viability of newborn infanticide. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

Rather, the idea is that our moral traditions have an internal practical logic to them, even when it’s not apparent on the surface. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z

Worse, it offers a trite moral that, however true of life, is rarely true for musicals: “So much can happen in a second.” ‘Breathe’ Review: A Pandemic Musical That Strains to Surprise 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Q: So when you refer to the “habitual moral hypocrisy” of the public in the introduction, what, exactly, do you mean? Translating a Novel of Sadism 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

“After my exam in moral philosophy,” she said. Who Is Elena Ferrante? An Educated Guess Causes a Stir 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

While "Suits" storylines lean heavily into the illegalities and ethical and moral dilemmas of slimy corporate lawyers, there's a lot, I mean, a lot of shipping. How the canceled legal drama "Suits" was resurrected to become a favorite summer show 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z

It’s also an unambiguous indictment of President Trump’s moral behavior. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

But it also traces a moral stance in the making on the part of Adams himself. Ansel Adams' 'lost' book about Manzanar 2011-07-20T22:34:04Z

In 1980, Wolfe emerged from his self-imposed netherworld with “In Our Time,” his book of mocking sketches and stinging essays about the 1970s’ absurd fashions, trendy morals and silly conceits. Tom Wolfe’s Lesser Known Career as a Cartoonist 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

But Riley snuffs out only “rich, spoiled, useless” people with more money than morals. Marilyn Stasio Finds Herself Rooting for the Bad Guy 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

His moral compass is wider than those of the adults around him, but he’s easily led astray. (Very) Adult Animation About Mixed-Up Kids 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

In the 1990s, soon after the event was established, some religious groups and conservative Disney World visitors viewed the red-shirt-wearing L.G.B.T.Q. visitors as a moral affront. After a Political Storm, Gay Days Return to Disney 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

Her seriousness can be almost unsettling; it seems to come from a strict moral center. T Magazine: Deeda Blair’s Elegance of Conviction 2013-05-31T17:00:11Z

We’re traveling now with the Poor People’s Campaign, a national call for moral revival. Rev. William J. Barber II: The Trump administration has violated what Jesus said should be our top priorities 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z

Further, she is a hero with both flaws and a strong moral compass. Slaying the patriarchy: Everything I need to know I learned 20 years ago from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

For good or ill, clergy are regarded as moral arbiters, as is witnessed by the outrage when one of them transgresses the tabloid code. Michael Arditti: why I write fiction about faith 2013-07-26T10:47:00Z

Of course, that understanding would be difficult to dramatize in a one-woman play, and Thorne seems more interested in character as something playable than in character as a moral phenomenon. Two of-the-Moment Monologues and a Multitude of Karens 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

It’s not just a religion or form of spiritual practice…it’s an ethical and moral way of being in the world. “Vodou is like a gun” (and that’s how you spell it) 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z

“A really first-rate bust-up must transcend the limits of ‘an entertaining side show’ and involve playing for high moral and intellectual stakes,” he said. ArtsBeat: Hitchens on the Art of the Feud 2011-06-10T12:30:04Z

I really needed them to see it and endorse it, from a moral standpoint. The Iran Job Director on Sneaking Into Iran to Follow an American Basketball Player 2012-10-11T12:00:23Z

One of the striking things in the film is your own moral confusion. Don McCullin: 'Photojournalism has had it. It's all gone celebrity' 2012-12-22T20:00:01Z

“After that, we didn’t really have the moral high ground,” Schwartz muses. The sweet scent of the suburban American casino 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

Putin said the band had undermined the moral foundations of the nation and deserved their sentences. Conductor backs Putin over protest 2012-12-19T13:32:29Z

For him, Andersen’s tale is “a kind of parable, drawing a religious and moral equivalency between the suffering of the poor girl and the suffering of Jesus.” Music Review: The Crossing in ‘The Little Match Girl Passion,’ at the Met 2012-12-24T22:47:20Z

They were protesting not about issues that only affect students, but about the moral destiny of their country. I predict a riot 2011-03-05T00:07:24Z

The spoon’s influence, he writes, “is felt in every department of life—in manners, morals, and even in national characteristics.” In Praise of Eating Almost Anything with a Spoon 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

“It’s not just a good thing because of the Platonic beauty of morality. To be moral pays off.” ‘You know, I’m never happy’: Woody Allen discusses new ‘Magic in the Moonlight’

Spec Ops, in contrast, frequently takes control away from the player, relying on animated cut scenes to illustrate Walker’s moral descent. Video Game Review: Spec Ops: The Line, From 2K Games, Makes Killing Personal 2012-06-25T16:34:27Z

One website breaks trolls into categories: the hater, the moral crusader, thedebunker, the defender. Internet trolls can’t help themselves 2012-08-01T21:00:00Z

As the squad is gradually depleted, Manigan’s increasingly solitary struggle becomes one of moral awakening and a vehicle for her director’s sour social commentary. Review: ‘BuyBust’ Delivers a Thriller in Manila 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Likewise, McCarthy infuses Kathy with heart as the film’s moral center. Haddish, McCarthy and Moss take charge in "The Kitchen," which gleams through the grit 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

It was a career, one that has frequently been spent on the moral front lines. Review: In ‘Jackson, 1964,’ Calvin Trillin Reports on Race 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

The show is bleak and elegant, with the stylish cinematography and brutal violence we all expect from cable dramas, though luckily with a brain and central moral questions. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘One Mississippi’ and ‘Son of Zorn’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

United in a visual and moral aesthetic that was born in Mexico, they've long been referred to as cinema's Three Amigos. Oscars 2015: Brutal honesty marks Inarritu's bond with Cuaron, Del Toro 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z

It’s a wild and crazy book, a dystopian chronicle of interactions among the gods and humans set in a world that, long past any Golden Age, is settling into a condition of moral chaos. Can We Ever Look at Titian’s Paintings the Same Way Again? 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

"What does bother me is people think of some kind of moral stance," she explained. Fran Lebowitz on Trump: "No one in New York thinks he's a New Yorker" 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z

In magnifying the impression of fate as an almost geological reality, it takes the pressure of moral choice off individuals. Review: ‘Judgment Day,’ an Allegory of Blame, Goes Big 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

“It’s not what you think but what you do that matters,” Linda says at one point, summing up one of the book’s central moral lessons. Review: A Teenager Bears Witness to Backwoods Intrigue in ‘History of Wolves’ 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

In “Go Set a Watchman,” however, this is not a marker of his moral dependability, but rather of his moral corruption. Review: Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' reveals a darker side of Maycomb 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

One was at work, another was an octogenarian with "neither the wherewithal nor interest" in such a download, while a third found copying such a film contrary to her "religious, moral, ethical and personal views." Ky. woman fights porn companies' anti-piracy suits 2012-07-11T10:46:03Z

And indeed, in this house, phrases like “radical honesty” and “trauma response” roll off the tongue; taking “moral inventory” of their day — a concept they learned in recovery — is something they often do before bed. Are You a Glennon or an Abby? 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

The moral choices underlying such stories are what motivate Ms. Reed. A Long Way Home for ‘Looted’ Art Is Getting Shorter 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

The best hope for reviving the common good is to invigorate moral argument in the messy, contentious domain of democratic politics. Robert B. Reich’s Recipe for a Just Society 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

The most vomitous line in the whole indictment comes from a dad — New York attorney Gordon Caplan — who tells a witness on the phone, “To be honest, I’m not worried about the moral issue.” Perspective | Where is William H. Macy in the college admissions scandal? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

While Claire has always had a strong moral compass, Season 2 has complicated it a bit. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 12: Deal With the Devil 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

“Comparing ourselves to other people doesn’t seem like a very good test of moral behavior,” I say. Motherlode Blog: Does Philanthropic Peer Pressure or Morality Matter More? 2013-12-31T17:19:25Z

But such slick, award-winning cinema isn't about nuance, it's just self-serving moral ambiguity – and in this sense it is a fitting cultural reflection of actual US policy in the Middle East. And the winner is … Islamophobia 2013-01-15T08:30:03Z

Parker, the protagonist of 16 Stark novels, is a crook and a killer who nevertheless adheres to a rigid moral code. ‘Parker’: Hard-as-nails malice put to good use 2013-01-24T23:35:34Z

This novel is impressive for its moral complexity, and for the energy and virtuosity of its language: a strange, pleasing music that lingers in your mind. New Books by Imbolo Mbue, Krys Lee, Gonzalo Torné and Lisa McInerney 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

The visible onstage public health measures — partitions, masks, social distancing — “become part of the parable of being a moral person,” said Matthew E. Adelson, the show’s lighting designer. ‘Godspell’ in 2020: Masks, Partitions and a Contactless Crucifixion 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

It is, in the end, a deeply moral play suggesting that state-sanctioned torture and cruelty exist but are inexorably undermined by their disregard of the natural laws. The Hothouse – review 2013-05-09T23:06:09Z

Additionally, the drama drew strong reviews and generated intense debates about the political and moral implications of the director’s aesthetics. ‘Son of Saul’ Leads Foreign Language Race, but Look Out for ‘Mustang’ 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

“You’re seeing a lot of language repositioned that this is not your fault. It’s not a moral shortcoming on your end. This is something that is happening globally,” Ms. Lowry said. How to Talk to Your Friends About Money 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z

Other theologians will accept that the Old Testament is pretty horrible but will point with pride, and nods of approval from all sides, to the New Testament as a truly righteous moral guide. Why I want all our children to read the King James Bible 2012-05-19T20:30:01Z

Still, in intent “Clemenza” is an ethical homily: small wonder that its emphasis on regal magnanimity and moral rectitude would be deemed fit for an inaugural event. Music Review: Mozart’s ‘Clemenza di Tito’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-19T23:09:15Z

Where do you see Skyler now in her moral development, her character development? Breaking Bad Q&A: Creator Vince Gilligan Talks the Finale, and the Future 2011-10-10T17:45:00Z

I continued to ponder through this moral dilemma as I began my search back in Texas. 'I wanted something that was mine': why I bought a house at 25 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

And yet, a strong moral sense lurks at its heart. The Sopranos: 10 years since it finished, it's still the most masterful show ever 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

I don't watch TWD for sublime moral tension or profound character development. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

But at their finest, Mr. Weinstein’s stories contain moments of moral complexity and, even more challenging — and more moving — moments of grace. Review: ‘Children of the New World’ Sees a Future of Bespoke Memories and More 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

"Children Will Listen" reveals an important moral value contained in "Into the Woods," yet it is delivered by the female antagonist. Here’s to the ladies who lunch: One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was writing complex women 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z

There’s that pain, carried by an unknown number of women and men, that won’t disappear, ever, and that goes by the label “moral injury.” Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Not just a repetition of economic facts, but of the moral differences that led to both the Bush disaster and the Obama attempt to recoup. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

But for the reality-based press, the job will require clarity and moral force, in ways we’re not always all that comfortable with. Perspective | After a stunning news conference, there’s a newly crucial job for the American press 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

If you mean an ideological tract in which all women are angels and/or so victimized they are incapable of moral choice, no. Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

The war years Mallon has chosen to focus on, 2005 and 2006, perfectly stack the moral deck in Bush’s favor — after breaking Iraq but before committing to trying to put it back together. A Comic Novel About the George W. Bush No One Knows 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

His character was “driven by his scientific ambitions to hold these questionable moral positions, but also driven by a growing empathy for the despair of this one mother,” Brühl said. Julie Delpy, Science-Fiction Filmmaker? It’s True 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

Katsoupis prefers his moral challenge incalculable: Do we want the art to endure or the criminal? ‘Inside’ Review: Tortured Artist, Meet Tortured Man 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

Nothing I know about Mr. Morrisroe personally makes him sound lovable; his art has none of the moral thrust that fueled the work of a contemporary like David Wojnarowicz. Critic?s Notebook: SoHo, Steadfast Bastion for Alternative Works 2011-04-22T03:29:51Z

While the film may want to draw a moral distinction between the episodes — one an unprovoked and heinous assault, the other an act of righteous vengeance — their intensity renders them equivalent. Film: Brutal Truths About Screen Bloodshed in ?Kick-Ass? 2010-04-16T18:47:00Z

“I think taking things from airplanes is more of a moral choice than anything,” says Andrew Mondia, an actor based in Toronto. Travel Wise | No, you can’t (usually) take airplane pillows home with you 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

But it’s the depth of the story, which explored existential and moral questions and wasn’t afraid to go into dark territory, that made the show unforgettable. 10 Ways I Fed My Fandom(s) 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Regardless of what role she takes on, Deón is always someone with a strong moral compass coupled with an enormous capacity for empathy. Natashia Deón may be the hardest-working debut novelist in Los Angeles 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

The moral thing to do in Serre’s collection is to see life through until at last it offers clarity. New French Fiction: From Farm to Table, With Feasting in Between 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Those on the conservative side might question the idea of deaths of despair since they tend to see addiction and suicide as moral flaws. How the White Working Class Is Being Destroyed 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

How we react is dependent upon a personal moral calculus, but in either case, that this will hurt their chances with the Academy is unlikely. Oscars 2018: the growing backlashes to this year's major nominations 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

Her moral center is so centered; it’s immovable. Samira Wiley and Uzo Aduba Still Remember Struggling 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

During this period, America's middle classes generally embraced all things Victorian, from architecture to moral reform societies. The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z

Organized religion, by contrast, is incredibly adept in the areas of ethical development and moral nudging. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z

Our moral emotions and intuitions evolved because we humans are social animals. Sex for “mere pleasure”? Shame on you! — 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

There’s less moral absolutism, and more let’s figure this out. Terrible husbands and homicidal in-laws: why online advice columns are so addictive 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Similarly, fairy tales have been shown to be an effective and more meaningful way to teach children morals; the naughty-or-nice list becomes a guide to growing up to be a decent person. Is Santa Claus worth the heartbreak? 2013-12-22T21:00:00Z

Calvin’s city was glorified as the “city on the hill,” a shining example of what could be achieved through religious fervor, moral rectitude, and hard work. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

I think about emotional and moral buoyancy in the face of various kinds of impoverishment and de facto captivity. Works for the Now, by Queer Artists of Color 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

Others might have overplayed the irony or punched home the moral judgment too forcefully, but she sings it as though her responsibility is simply to document the song's eerie tableau; to bear witness. Strange Fruit: the first great protest song 2011-02-16T08:00:05Z

Along with the curves, elegance and flowery garden fetes there were works of great visual austerity and moral severity. The French, improving American taste for more than 200 years 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

For Ruskin, art was about beauty, and beauty had a higher moral and social purpose. Victorian social reformers saw beauty, truth and goodness as one. We no longer do 2012-10-12T18:00:01Z

"I felt it a sort of moral duty to bear witness to these things that are happening up to today," he added. Film on 19th century "freak" impresses in Venice 2010-09-08T13:21:00Z

Food production is one of the great moral challenges that humanity faces in the 21st century. Why the ethics of octopus farming are so troubling 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Hughie’s our Everyman — our well-meaning protagonist who gets thrown in with Butcher’s crew and serves as his moral compass. The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

My fellow English Speaking Union scholars and I, still in the grip of Look Back in Anger and seething from the moral and political debacle of Suez, regarded it with mirthful contempt. Woman in a Dressing Gown – review 2012-07-28T23:05:54Z

And were I to reduce its plot and moral to a bare synopsis, you would probably think that the show is sweet but simplistic. | 'Musashi': From Hisashi Inoue, a Zen Comedy-Drama 2010-07-08T22:44:00Z

Shaped perhaps by the pervasive moral relativism of my 1970s childhood, that feature of my teaching often sits poorly with students who spent many years learning “the test” and earnestly desire “the right answer.” I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z

Mr. Modiano has examined some of the same questions as Mr. Paxton, exploring the moral ambiguities of Parisians during the war — what they revealed and what they kept hidden, what they did to survive. Patrick Modiano, an Author of Paris Mysteries, Keeps His Own 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

“This raises a question that is more moral than legal: Namely, who is a spy?” Bulgaria Says French Thinker Was a Secret Agent. She Calls It a ‘Barefaced Lie.’ 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

“How are your morals?” she remembers him asking, by way of a pickup line. Media Decoder: Epix Plans to Introduce Film on Altman 2014-04-28T00:14:46Z

“By framing Trumpism as a moral emergency that required an all-hands-on-deck, no-deviation-from-the-narrative approach to political and cultural thought,” she writes, “the left has cleared the way for a kind of purity policing.” Review | Meghan Daum’s merciless take on modern feminism, woke-ness and cancel culture 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

A decade before the Civil Rights Act became law, the ruling offered “a powerful rhetorical and moral weapon that helped to catalyze the nation toward the goal of racial equality.” The Power of the Supreme Court Inside America’s Schools 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

The technique envisions strong sensations converging with moral judgment. Thinking About Empire and Economy, With a Poet’s Mind and a Lawyer’s Words 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

Heartwarming moral: It’s never too late to find your family. Fall Movie Release Schedule 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

What the modern diet books have that the previous lot didn’t is a moral dimension. The prophets of modern dieting want you to feel guilty about food 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

If they deny any of that, it still ends up making the moral conversation about them. How Stormy Daniels Out-Trumped Trump 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

Cowardice, on the other hand, has always been both a moral and tangible sin, punishable by scorn, social condemnation, even death under military law. Is cowardice a crime? Scot Peterson’s failure leaves us with complicated questions. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

It is where morals intervene on behalf of a society that opposes and accuses certain failings and mores. "Anatomy of a Fall" inverses the formulaic whodunit and shows the "limitations of a courtroom" 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

This is a cracking read, and Gill Lewis's moral compass points to true north. Fiction for older children – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:00Z

My education in middle school was not significantly different from the education pioneer schoolchildren received 100 years earlier in one-room log cabin schools, both in its moral underpinning and in its content. You changed me: how my English teacher taught impeccable writing 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

De Havilland plays both confidant and romantic obstacle for the lead character, and a paragon of loyalty and moral decency. 9 Great Olivia de Havilland Movies to Stream 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z

The actors are excellent across the board, letting powerful emotions and moral quandaries rest just below the surface. 'Retrieval' a trek through dilemmas of slavery, manhood 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

You could almost say he joined the Army in a search for personal meaning and moral purpose. "The Tillman Story": The surprising saga of a football star at war 2010-08-20T21:50:00Z

He returned to England in 1789 primed for spiritual and moral conversion. Macaulay and Son: Archtects of Imperial Britain by Catherine Hall - review 2012-12-21T22:55:02Z

Yes, it'd be a pretty depressing read without Scout's innocence and joie de vivre and Atticus's moral courage, but whoever claimed life was a barrel of laughs? If you like books like these: dark teen reads 2012-05-31T10:17:09Z

At stake were the constricted dreams of three characters in recessionary America and the moral choices being delicately negotiated as the door to the middle class threatens to slam shut on them permanently. A new, fearless generation makes this a revolutionary moment in American playwriting 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

It’s true that Stewart has raised the fake-news genre to new satirical heights, and has imbued it with a sense of moral seriousness that was at least sometimes effective. Fox News is half-right about Jon Stewart: How the brilliant satirist of the Bush years has been undone by his BFF in the White House 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

She was just trying to do her job, but George operated as the family's moral compass, they might say. The performative bickering of Kellyanne and George Conway: What's the end game? 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Now, he said, “there’s more hesitation about the moral qualities of these jobs. It’s like how people look at Wall Street.” ‘Techlash’ Hits College Campuses 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

That was an era when the world heavyweight championship and the World Series were moral equals — and equal competitors for the nation's attention. 'Hard Times Man': the story of Joe Louis, American heavyweight boxer 2011-03-16T22:22:04Z

The auction lots reveal moments of dry wit in a writer better known for moral stances. Antiques: Shipwreck Relics From Andrea Doria and Lusitania 2010-06-17T21:40:00Z

Everyone is moral but no one is right. The Powerful Perspective of “Queen & Slim” 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Even the very young reader will not miss the moral anger beneath the whimsy. Doctor Dolittle’s Talking Animals Still Have Much to Say 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

“They humanize the moral paradox of slavery and racial oppression in a land based on the ideals of the Declaration of Independence,” he wrote in a 1986 essay. Award-winning Civil War historian Stephen Oates dies at 85 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Throughout this volume, there is an awareness of a cruel aspect of our moral complexion. Review: ‘White Trash’ Ruminates on an American Underclass 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

All of these scenes are undercut by the play’s aspirational tug of moral seriousness and psychological complexity. | 'Wild Animals You Should Know': ?Wild Animals You Should Know,? by Thomas Higgins - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:27Z

Reading a Roosevelt biography today, one is struck head-on by the deadly seriousness, the moral purpose with which Franklin Roosevelt prepared for and assumed the office of president of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

Most of the season dealt not with planning and double crosses, but Philip and Elizabeth’s various and assorted moral dilemmas. Mission improbable: how The Americans changed the concept of the spy show 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

She plays a 14-year-old girl with a great moral center and moves mountains in her quest. Oliver Stone picks 5 films about strong women 2012-07-03T18:48:09Z

Positive Facebook comments praised the young men’s moral character and called the video inspiring and heartwarming. Watch What Happens When a Grown Man Asks a Boy to Hit a Girl 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

This has less to do with the resident witches than with a wholesale inversion of moral order. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

He makes his living, barely, by surreptitiously taking pictures of movie stars in flagrante delicto, in violation of moral clauses in their contracts; the studios then pay Perry to make the photos go away. Review | In one of summer’s best new shows, Perry Mason gets what he’s always lacked — a personality 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Long holds his own deftly as the moral center of the play, a resister whose brutal handling by the Nazis betokens horrors in Europe yet to be unleashed. The white gloves come off in the creaky and yet timely ‘Watch on the Rhine’ 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

Last month the Sincura Group, a British concierge company, organized “Stealing Banksy,” a project that purported to explore the “social, legal and moral issues surrounding the sale of street art.” Art: Off the Street, Onto the Auction Block 2014-05-02T12:15:53Z

If “Blaze” has a moral, it’s that process matters more than results, and that any metric of success that accounts for anything other than creative fulfillment is flawed. Blaze Foley’s Inevitable Sorrow and Spiritual Success 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Coming of age in the 1980s meant sex was no longer a moral, cultural or interpersonal issue — it was something that could kill you. "Stranger Things" and the frustrations of nostalgia 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Aesthetics – ie what is perceived as beautiful or compelling – is a value judgment and therefore an expression of morals and conventions. Ask the indie professor: Will Kings of Leon's Sex On Fire ever go away? 2010-08-10T10:17:00Z

Over the same period, they’ve advanced anti-gay and anti-reproductive choice agendas which have been much easier to defend in terms of a moral high ground based on traditional hierarchies of power. This is the religious right’s radical new plan: The very real efforts to create an American theocracy in plain sight 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

The persistent sound of buzzing flies hints at vultures, decaying flesh, moral corruption. 'My Joy' takes fascinating detours on a truck driver's bleak road trip 2012-01-19T20:43:04Z

Sand’s style is exactingly clear as she weighs the ways in which gender norms shape the experience of love and moral dilemmas — something Shakespeare wasn’t too bad at, either. Mary Sidney, Shakespeare and the Authorship Question 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

What’s more, the novel becomes interested in the notion not just of moral culpability but of hate. Soft Children Confront a Hard World in Maile Meloy’s New Novel 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

If you’re familiar with Barry’s fiction, like his grim and gorgeous novel “Night Boat to Tangier,” you know that the moral brokenness of his often wildly hilarious characters can take extravagantly violent turns. Review: The Melancholy of Misspent Lives in ‘Autumn Royal’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

It’s a civic and moral responsibility for me to care as much about you as about me during times of an unprecedented global pandemic. Q&A with Andrew Zimmern: Having that uncomfortable conversation about Thanksgiving and how to cook grandma’s pea soup 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

Oddly, a second film on Toronto’s schedule begins, literally, with a satellite view of Los Angeles, only to wind up in the same dark alleys as Bloom, though with a very different moral spin. 'Nightcrawler' With Jake Gyllenhaal, Epitomizes Toronto Film Festival Fare 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

The piles of observations about music and politics, happily, do blend and cohere and merge into something that gives “Traveling Sprinkler” some intellectual and moral heat and heft. Books of The Times: ‘Traveling Sprinkler’ Is Nicholson Baker’s New Novel 2013-09-09T21:31:25Z

Yet the movie’s vast thematic scope and its high moral purpose are joined to a cinematic vision that’s also mightily, incisively comedic. Eugène Green's “The Son of Joseph,” a Grand and Comedic Drama of Father and Son 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

American by birth and ardently European by residence and vocation, he elevates formal decorum to a moral principle. Review: In Eugène Green’s ‘La Sapienza,’ a Search of Ideals of Civilization 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Miller’s men are alone with their moral quandaries, detached from the grand events of the invasion. A Forgotten D Day Film 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

The love story is told well enough, but the novel’s strength derives from its observations about the possibilities and perils of power in a democratic government subject to corruption and moral compromise. Henry Adams’s 1880 Novel, ‘Democracy,’ Resonates Now More Than Ever 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

And, as Kett explains, "there was a bit of a moral panic on the part of the town, with all the sex, drugs and rock and roll." Vodka-spiked oranges and tamale lessons: Irvine's lost commune 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

But no current show is more certifiably bonkers or combines such demented visual imagination with its bleak moral philosophy. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

Human despicableness informs so many of our favorite shows, to the degree that we become largely inured to the moral shortcomings of antiheroes. What’s the best show about poverty, crime and crazy sex? It’s ‘Shameless.’ 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Much like their French namesake, the guillotines introduce a mechanical aspect to killing, opening up a physical and moral distance between executioners and executed that ensuing technologies of death will widen. Movie Review: In ‘The Guillotines,’ Elite Assassins Are in Pursuit 2013-06-13T23:22:15Z

Because while his life ended in 2012, apparently the full extent of his moral accountability is still being calculated. Joe Paterno failed even more kids: His legacy is still a staggering refusal to stand up for abuse victims 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Phillips wishes to enjoy the notoriety of a button-pusher without taking the heat, to make a movie about morality without discussion of morals, to be provocative without answering the question of what’s being provoked. Why so stupid: how Joker is too juvenile to be provocative 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

There are a couple great angles to Hirabyashi’s legal odyssey, odd comic twists that illuminate his quirky integrity and the government’s moral and functional incoherence. Review | When U.S. citizenship is anything but self-evident 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

While the film is set on the border between the United States and Mexico, Mr. Scott says it is “skeptical about very the idea of fixing any kind of boundary; political, moral, psychological, spiritual.” Critics' Picks Video: 'Touch of Evil' 2010-06-15T13:27:00Z

His biography was unremittingly negative and his moral judgments portrayed him as superior to his subject. Literary biography: possibility and peril 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

This is a moral quandary over equitable employment practices, mental health and, frankly, racial optics. The N.B.A.’s Draft Show Goes On, With Style — Even if It Shouldn’t 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

Yet he wasn’t a pacifist, a tame advocate of nonviolence, an non-ideological figure of singular moral righteousness. Nelson Mandela vs. his hagiography 2013-12-21T16:30:00Z

But it does not “promote moral or ethical improvement” and thus is not a religion, the commission said in explaining its ruling. Bid for ‘Star Wars’ Religion Is Shot Down 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Here it is: the dreaded "moral," in which all of Dickens' didactic chickens come home to roost. 2009-12-25T01:45:00Z

And documenting the excesses of the obliviously rich is practically a moral imperative. Television Review: ‘#Rich Kids of Beverly Hills,’ Self-Chronicle of Privileged Youth 2014-01-17T22:38:15Z

The more Gordon is forced to face moral complexity — as opposed to just shouting absolutist good-cop rhetoric — the more interesting his story becomes. 'Gotham' Recap: A Victory for Good, With Help From a Thug 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

“I love movies that give us a lesson at the end, a moral,” he said. BYkids Pairs Beginning and Professional Filmmakers 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

Q: Is it fair to describe your character as the film’s moral center? Steve Carell hopes you want to throw up after seeing ‘The Big Short’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Horror stories, in other words, teach you how to be afraid and how to conquer your fear, which turns out to be the deft, amusing moral of this one. Movie Review: ?Intruders,? From Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, With Clive Owen 2012-03-29T21:17:00Z

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve felt not just a moral imperative, but an interest in exploring the notion of action and violence and a consequence on a story level of that violence. "Destroyer" director Karyn Kusama: "I’m keeping a smile on my face and seething inside" 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

The only hope, she wrote, is for mainstream journalism to appeal to passion as well as reason — “providing moral clarity along with truthful content.” Perspective | The disinformation system that Trump unleashed will outlast him. Here’s what reality-based journalists must do about it. 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

The word, until relatively recently, didn’t have the literary space to develop any semantic/moral complexity: Jewish literature for a long while tended to be non-lay and/or in Hebrew. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z

Breton’s first manifesto was directed at writers, but its call for “pure psychic automatism” whether “by writing, or any other means,” which would take expression beyond reason and “all aesthetic or moral preoccupation,” was general. Art Review: ‘Drawing Surrealism’ at the Morgan Library and Museum 2013-01-24T23:00:37Z

Anthony S. Fauci made an argument both moral and scientific, reflective of his Jesuit education. Perspective | The media plays a crucial role in battling vaccine misinformation. But here’s what not to do. 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless, she said avoiding “white saviorism” represented an extraordinary challenge since the series’s primary hero and moral center, Gamache, is a middle-aged white male, portrayed with searing vulnerability by the British actor Alfred Molina. ‘Three Pines,’ Based on Louise Penny Books, Tackles Indigenous Suffering 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

That we can’t say with absolute certainty that Naz is being wrongfully accused lends The Night Of moral ambiguity, but does so over the dead body of one of its characters. Review: 'The Night Of' Tells a Powerful Story of Injustice 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

Who are you to be the moral arbiters of anything? Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

“Cesare’s” clear-eyed tour of Nazi Germany’s moral contradictions and complexities acknowledges the truth in that statement. Review | A Nazi admiral secretly thwarts his superiors in Jerome Charyn’s ‘Cesare’ 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

They are in mourning for the King, but the garb also reflects the moral bankruptcy at play here. Dangerous Liaisons 2010-04-30T21:20:00Z

It amounts really to a moral failure, as well as a failure of nerve. Debate: have modern opera singers got the wrong attitude? 2013-03-16T18:00:02Z

He did so dramatically, fleeing to Africa and explaining his exit in moral terms: “I want to make sure I’m dancing and not shuffling,” he told Time magazine. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z

Not only the company but also its consumers must set aside moral qualms. How Big Tech Built the Iron Cage 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

It is a certain moral single-mindedness, sometimes pathologised as “rigidity of thought”, but at other times framed more positively as “a strong sense of justice”. Is my autism a superpower? 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

He may have the legal authority to prosecute men like Axe, but day by day, bit by bit, in his pursuit of power and influence, his moral authority is on the wane. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 9: Dollar Dollar Bill, Y’All 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

Growing up as an Italian immigrant and then ending up as one of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, Capra was well placed to explore the moral risks of American success. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z

Here, too, we find the irreverent pleasure in the telling, the attitude of moral justice, the pointedness of the voice. Roald Dahl’s Twisted, Overlooked Stories for Adults 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

The battlegrounds were college campuses, Hollywood, the bedroom — anywhere that moral relativism, secularism and the general “culture of depravity,” as dedicated warriors like Rush Limbaugh put it, held sway. 10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

Bald-headed and costumed grotesquely with heavily bejeweled bosom and pleated gold skirt, Grove makes her character seem to reek of moral decay as she recounts her unrelenting nightmares. Goerke stars in Lyric's blood-soaked 'Elektra' 2012-10-07T14:41:09Z

But Blais’s book imparts a message — sometimes subliminal, sometimes explicit: Our moral weave has a finer thread count than theirs, and they will never appreciate this place as much as we did. ‘To the New Owners,’ About a Summer Place (Too) Well Loved 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

The City of Light is almost its own character, a place inflicted with “moral contagion ... a snake pit of sin.” ‘Lovers at the Chameleon Club’: darkness in 1932 Paris 2014-04-23T19:37:15Z

Yet the artificial amplification, which we watch being set up at the beginning of both acts, only enhances the sense of the play as a sort of moral inquiry panel in a place beyond time. Theater Review: ‘The Designated Mourner’ by Wallace Shawn, at Public Theater 2013-07-22T02:00:02Z

The outlaw insists on a showdown, and the marshal, always a moral touchstone, must accommodate him. James Arness, Marshal on ?Gunsmoke,? Dies at 88 2011-06-03T18:34:50Z

The Letter of the Year prophesied “health in the complete sense of the term,” and urged followers to “maintain a good social and moral conduct.” Cuba's Santeria priests wax positive as transition from Castros begins 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

“Brave is never giving up,” Will says, displaying a lack of patience with moral shades of gray. ‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 8: Politics Is Show Business 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

At first, Stoppard resisted the idea that his work should have a moral or political message — “the whiff of social application.” Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

The moral rot of the Vietnam War and the reckless corruption of the Nixon years now seem mere tributaries to a wider flood of contemporary political division and cynicism. Perspective | I returned to the National Gallery seeking comfort. But art no longer feels like an escape. 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

Before 1700, moral philosophy was simply a branch of theology, but increasingly that was no longer so. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

The book’s title, “The Border,” refers to both physical and moral barriers. ‘The Border’ Is a Stunning and Timely Conclusion to Don Winslow’s Drug-War Trilogy 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

When I was a kid I felt he was one because of what I took to be his furious moral certainty. James Baldwin: Pessimist, Optimist, Hero 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Even when we were off camera, we’d be there for moral support. What Would the Cast of ‘Knock at the Cabin’ Do? 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

On the one hand, adding that level of moral ambiguity to a story called "Hellboy" may have been ill-advised. "Hellboy" needs Guillermo del Toro. 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

A philistine who used ideas solely to pursue her practical and above all moral purposes, Thatcher was the antithesis of an intellectual: “I am not by nature either introspective or retrospective,” she declared. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

Speaking to TMZ in January, Wailer said Snoop was guilty of "outright fraudulent use of Rastafari community's personalities and symbolism" and had failed to fulfil his "contractual, moral and verbal commitments" to the faith. Snoop Lion lays into Bunny Wailer for questioning his dedication to Rastafarianism 2013-04-25T11:43:54Z

The implied equivalence between Meursault’s crime and Harun’s, and between the moral compromises of the narrator and the possible deceit of the listener, is more than a clever literary device. An Algerian novelist takes on Camus in ‘The Meursault Investigation’ 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

It inclines institutions to look past obvious problems and try their best to make their relationships with their maestros work, at most any financial or moral cost. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

There’s absolutely a moral here: trust no one – especially not your friends. 'I unreservedly apologise': What happens when costumes go very, very wrong 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

"I think it's absurd that this should have occurred in the first place; I think the museum simply should have relinquished them in the beginning on moral grounds." AP Interview: Posters seized by Nazis being sold 2013-01-17T16:30:11Z

The dynamics of polite society were unspoken, a complex web of hypocrisy that helped assure elites that they could operate and socialize without being confronted about moral and ethical failings. An art loan from Bill Cosby draws the Smithsonian into a national debate

There's a problem with distribution, with access, with our morals and our values towards what food is and how valuable it is to people. Roy Choi shines a light on our broken food systems: "We'll throw away food before we feed people" 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

The only way my life makes sense is if, regardless of culture, race, religion, tribe, there is this commonality, these essential human truths and passions and hopes and moral precepts that are universal. Barack Obama: the college years 2012-05-25T22:00:53Z

Harris’ attempted self-exoneration didn’t help, either — it merely revealed a moral scotoma in his understanding of gender, sexism and related issues. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

The uncomplicated moral universe allows us to read it as a thriller with real-life stakes. ‘American Dirt’ Plunges Readers Into the Border Crisis 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

Really, “BoJack” is making a kind of moral argument from atheism. ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘The Good Place’ Took Us to Hell and Back 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

That undeserved slight certainly had more to do with literary style than moral substance. A Traitor to His Tribe 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

But just as often, Lowenthal’s narrators linger on the burned skin and the “sauerkraut hair” and tacky makeup of the secondary and tertiary characters, as though a lack of remarkable beauty were a moral failing. When Hell Is Coming to Terms With Other People, and Yourself 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

Any hope of sneaking in some bold or challenging theological notion, or moral proposition, rests on the benignity of this initial encounter. What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Such “religious tests” were seen as a way of ensuring that the men who held public office were of sound morals. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z

Richard T Kelly's novel is an old-fashioned moral treatise on vanity. The Possessions of Doctor Forrest by Richard T Kelly ? review 2011-07-15T21:15:01Z

Parker was honored for her columns on an array of political and moral topics. The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners 2010-04-12T22:55:00Z

Anyone who looks at the history of mankind and argues that private sexual fidelity exists in direct proportion to political greatness or moral leadership is either a chump or a liar. David Simon: Media’s sex obsession is dangerous, destructive 2012-11-15T02:43:00Z

His tenure as the boldest voice on television outside of Camp Bill O’Reilly would not end because of low ratings or moral outrage or simply running out of creative gas. “Stephen Colbert” is dead, long live Stephen Colbert! 2014-04-11T14:36:00Z

A more serious problem is the moral seesawing of Costa and Sebastian. | 'Even the Rain': Discovering Columbus?s Exploitation 2011-02-17T22:31:19Z

One of the more interesting lines of study she explores involves research by a cognitive scientist at the University of California at Irvine who found that people confuse moral evaluations with risk assessments. The Criminalization of Parenthood 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Embracing a structure that implicitly acknowledges the complexity of the issue, Ms. Marson nevertheless contributes to the film’s general fuzziness by failing to clarify the legal and moral guidelines that govern these kinds of prescriptions. Review: ‘Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?’ It’s Not a Simple Question 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

The stories he tells are fable-like in the way fables lead a character through a treacherous situation toward light — a wolf slaughtered, an escape from an oven — with a moral emerging through the telling. For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

The language for the verdict was passive and ungainly — a sentence that has to tie itself into knots in order to bear such moral contortions. When Jim Crow Violence Came to a Small New York Village 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

When Van Alden gets taken away at gunpoint—an arrest that turns out to be an abduction by Capone—it’s neither a legal nor a moral comeuppance. Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Crate 2012-11-19T13:30:43Z

Telling a joke, by contrast, means leaving things out—cutting down on complexity, context, and moral stakes. The Comedian Forcing Stand-Up to Confront the #MeToo Era 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

There's moral terror in the scenes that show Jake Anderson, the aforementioned, knife-wounded crewman, being hazed by his mates on the fishing vessel Northwestern as a useless "one-armed bandit." Reality TV's first on-screen death 2010-07-13T13:01:00Z

We admire Jesus's moral teachings, because we could easily have figured them out for ourselves. Religion is not really about ethics 2011-04-08T17:15:52Z

On a deeper level it is a searching, somewhat ham-handed allegory of American hubris in the 21st century and a bleak assessment of the country’s wobbly moral compass. Movie Review: ‘At Any Price,’ Directed by Ramin Bahrani 2013-04-23T22:09:27Z

Otherwise, you might find yourself thinking, uneasily, of the play’s prescient moral, spoken by Sganarelle: “To have power and a wicked soul — that’s a terrible thing.” ‘Dom Juan’ Review: The Perks of Being a Professional Hypocrite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z

The moral of the story is too obvious to mention. Art Review: ?Swept Away,? at Museum of Arts and Design 2012-04-05T21:43:03Z

The whole point of moral philosophy is to pose difficult questions about common assumptions. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

So, despite everything, at least 365 Days has a moral: sometimes, on reflection, kidnapping a woman and holding her hostage for a year in a sex dungeon doesn’t always have the happy ending you’d expect. 365 Days: the Netflix softcore porn film that people can't stop watching 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

For much of the series, Kim has been comically adherent to the rules, serving as the true north of Jimmy’s malfunctioning moral compass. We are all Kim Wexler: “Better Call Saul” and the painful realities of mid-career crisis 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

The mods' belief that looking good was practically a moral virtue could be, the authors acknowledge, their achilles heel. The A-Z of Mod by Paolo Hewitt and Mark Baxter – review 2012-06-01T10:00:01Z

In a statement, Porter said the need has never been greater for “the type of moral and compassionate leadership that he embodies.” CNN to make documentary on civil rights icon John Lewis 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

They are back, and while their new work will raise political and moral questions, it also poses an artistic one: Should they talk about the accusations and their experience onstage? Should Aziz Ansari and Louis C.K. Talk About Accusations Onstage? 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

“There’s no moral explanation or sense of one person deserving it over another. It’s scary when a belief system collapses, it leaves you in this existential free-fall.” ‘The Ring’ at 20: Millennial Horror That’s Still Infecting Movies Today 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

This is a remarkable book, easily one of the great diaries and moral documents of the past American century. Books of The Times: A Lifetime of Anxiety and Lust 2011-05-25T22:16:59Z

The series borrows a certain view of the relationship between unlikely partners on opposite sides of a gaping moral divide. Television Review: The Killer Is Hot, The Hero Hotheaded 2010-10-15T22:36:00Z

The moral here is to exploit the fear of the unknown whenever possible. How to be ? a cookery show judge 2011-03-01T14:53:00Z

Talk to them about whether or not these messages fit within their moral and ethical codes. Carolyn Hax: Readers’ turn to offer wisdom while the columnist’s away 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

The moral of the story is on your third date, don’t take a girl to visit your estranged family. The Bachelorette Season 13, Episode 8 Recap: Home Town Dates 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

However — and this is where that whole inversion thing comes in — Ned’s death is a direct result of his unwillingness to stray from his moral code. This 'Game of Thrones' Fan Theory Goes Deep on the Stark Family Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

“Taking a percentage of high achievers from each district makes moral sense.” How a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Smashed the Gender Divide in American High Schools 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

The most remarkable thing about this documentary was the moral courage of those who took part, both insurgents and coalition commanders, in speaking frankly about their mistakes and the consequences. TV review: Mad Men and Secret Iraq 2010-10-07T07:00:00Z

And that's how I ended up here, on the moral high ground. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

The comparison, she added, also “misapprehends the moral problem with the Confederacy.” Historians Question Trump’s Comments on Confederate Monuments 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z

While it is meant to be all about morals and explaining that trying to get at somebody is not a good thing to do because everybody ends up with tarnished reputations and opinions. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare ? review 2011-03-04T10:10:03Z

But the intensity stemmed mostly from a feeling that art should answer to a kind of moral imperative. Bruce Nauman, Art Provocateur, Returns. Are You Ready? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

It shows Gorbachev as someone for whom sentiments and moral obligations, to his wife, friends and citizens, reigned supreme over political expediency. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

Manning also said: "I also recall that in early 2009, Barack Obama stated that he would close Guantánamo, and that the facility compromised our standing over all, and diminished our moral authority." Bradley Manning trial to be recreated in comic-book form 2013-06-11T12:05:00Z

At nearly twice that length, it is still something to behold, a work of passion, sympathy and moral grace. Books of The Times: Get Your Bling and Adidas Tracksuit, Wayne, a British Class War Is Raging 2011-07-12T20:59:50Z

McMahan has spent most of his career doing what moral philosophers do: thinking and writing about often recondite ethical questions. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

Dec. 16: My moral spiral continues: I catch myself retroactively adding small tasks I have already completed, ex post facto, to the daily tasks sheet, just to cross them off the list. Review | Can a new self-help book cure procrastination? I tried it and here’s what I found. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

This leaves forms of art that helped create and police the moral universe we inhabit today inaccessible. Making Museums Moral Again 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Although I'm a big believer in "Happily ever afters" - the ending seemed only fitting considering it's a retelling of fairy tales for adults - laying bare the moral complexities of heroes and villains alike. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Kingsolver wants to feed us improving ideas, as if we were moral nestlings. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

In “The Suicide Squad,” his teammate Bloodsport calls out the inconsistencies in the Peacemaker’s moral code: “I think liberty is just your excuse to do whatever you want.” The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Being on third base, and being picked off of third base, became a moral metaphor, based on the famous saying about those who were born there and think they hit a triple. Becoming Michael Lewis 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

And I believe that there are crucial lessons to be drawn from two 17th-century outbreaks during which economic interests of a select few won out over moral concerns. As states weigh human lives versus the economy, history suggests the economy often wins 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z

Though she is young enough that she totes her long-eared plush bunny everywhere, she is old enough, and smart enough, that she’s already a moral thinker. ‘Oresteia’ Review: A Mother’s Grief, Underestimated 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

“He doesn’t want Americans to respond to Trump’s racist, authoritarian offensives by moving their moral goal posts. The greater danger, he suggests, isn’t hyperbole, it’s normalization.” 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

It strikes me as unfair to go as far as Ricardo Hausmann, a former Venezuelan planning minister who is now a Harvard professor; he called Mr. Dudamel a “musical giant but a moral midget.” Gustavo Dudamel and Valery Gergiev Face National Issues 2014-04-03T12:00:01Z

We’d probably be interested in exploring the question of how one of the most intelligent and fearless minds of her time was afflicted by moral blind spots that are obvious to us today. Virginia Woolf? Snob! Richard Wright? Sexist! Dostoyevsky? Anti-Semite! 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Virtually since their inception, the Oscars have been a marketing vehicle for the movie industry, especially as a way for studios to wrap themselves in the mantle of art, political seriousness and moral uplift. Perspective | Awards season this year is already a nothingburger. And that’s okay. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

And by the time the final measure of rough cosmic justice is meted out, “The Square” has completed a tour of moral squalor that is suspenseful, invigorating and sometimes harshly funny. | 'The Square': Sin and Comeuppance in Film Noir From Down Under 2010-04-09T01:45:00Z

He founded the “crunchy con” ideology — another book, back in 2006 — wedding cultural and moral conservatism with an organic, co-op-and-Birkenstock lifestyle. Rod Dreher is the combative, oversharing blogger who speaks for today’s beleaguered Christians 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

There are very clear moral prisms these women pour life through, and I understand that very well. Exclusive First Look: Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in Saving Mr. Banks 2013-07-10T12:00:30Z

“Toni Morrison’s prose brings us that kind of moral and emotional intensity that few writers ever attempt.” Remembering Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize-winning author dies at 88 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Set against the melancholy background of a well and a fallen tree, it earnestly captures the interplay between moral principles and family trauma in Sophocles’ play, only losing momentum in a couple of scenes. In Paris, Young Theater Makers Swing Big 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

And they nurture opposition to those moral and ethical errors. A timeline of racism in Charlottesville, from 1607 through 2017’s Unite the Right rally aftermath 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

Pete, meanwhile, is back to looking like a humiliated lackey and back to a position of smug moral disgust where Don is concerned: gone are the glory days of detente between them. ?Mad Men? Watch: Power Plays and Panic Attacks 2010-09-27T14:22:00Z

Take "Rainmaker," a song in which he explores our timeless susceptibility to conmen and snake-oil salesmen — people who prey on our sense of desperation and moral failings. With "Letter to You," Bruce Springsteen reminds us, brilliantly, that we're all on borrowed time 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

The specter of future generations hangs over all of these issues: the moral question of whether to bring children into such a bleak and foundering world. Sigrid Nunez’s New Book Asks a Timely Question, Right in the Title 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

The episode, and the way it resolved, was another example of how The Good Wife works at a level of moral ambiguity that other network shows can’t reach. The Good Wife Watch: This Means War 2013-10-28T09:30:50Z

Actually, most of the movie is one form of moral quandary or another. Why Captain America: Civil War is better than Batman v Superman 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the moral of the story, then, is that the grudges borne by an insulted public have a somewhat longer lifespan than a Ratner wristwatch. Angus T Jones joins the 'Ratner moment' hall of fame 2012-11-29T16:08:06Z

The movie’s violence is filmed frankly but without sensationalism, conveying a moral revulsion that replicates the Wayuu’s taboo of blood and of corpses, which, with their near-priestly status, they must shun. Review: “Birds of Passage,” the Tragic Story of an Indigenous Colombian Family’s Involvement in the Drug War 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

The movie also exposes the ethical and moral jungle of modern society, where it's not necessarily straightforward to gauge what's right and wrong, and it does so entertainingly, at times hilariously. The eco-sex activists who want to save the world 2013-04-11T18:00:03Z

Later works, including “Hurlyburly” in 1984, brought the same coruscating moral vision to bear on other warlike ecosystems, like Hollywood, where he often worked as a screenwriter. Review: In ‘Good for Otto,’ a Case of Psychiatrist, Shrink Thyself 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

It must offer platforms for the expression of their lived experiences—without the requirement of selling something, being the culture’s moral compasses, catering to fantasies, or answering for sexism and racism. Is Rap Finally Ready To Embrace Its Women? 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

It is the dark mirror of the Culture's aggressive moral superiority. The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M Banks - review 2012-10-10T07:00:02Z

If a work of art is only or mainly a political document or source of moral inspiration, then the larger the audience it reaches to inspire or enlighten, the greater the work and the artist. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

Newman doesn't impose his performing talent on proceedings: he's shambling and distracted, as if technique might undermine his moral seriousness. Robert Newman – review 2013-05-23T17:21:02Z

A brilliant, finely wrought work of modern fiction, “Parade’s End” documents the moral, economic and social sea changes that occurred in Britain before and after WWI. Staff picks: ‘Parade’s End,’ Washington wines, Michael Tippett 2013-03-20T20:20:33Z

Which Rationality? is driven in part by exposing the internal contradictions of Enlightenment moral philosophy. The Enlightenment and Why It Still Matters by Anthony Pagden – review 2013-07-24T11:19:42Z

“My passion for Goethe, along with the rest of my education, enclosed me in a complete circle full of solid moral values that I have preserved throughout my life,” she wrote. Marlene Dietrich’s Marginalia 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

Kafka employs a version of that structure in "Before the Law" while obscuring any single obvious moral. "The Good Fight" makes the Kafka-esque dream of a People's Court a reality 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

But that's because this is a hypothetical scenario and I make it a point of principle always to do the moral thing in hypothetical scenarios. Is scrapping workers' rights the Tories' idea of spreading privilege? 2012-10-13T23:06:35Z

The classic depiction of moral cowards occurs very early in Dante’s “Inferno.” Boston Marathon bombing, one year later: Were the Tsarnaevs really cowards? 2014-04-14T23:00:00Z

When it was eventually released, it caused a moral panic. Harmony Korine on Kids: 'It would be impossible to make that film now' 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Yet for all her vivid descriptions of a Guardian staff who denounce anyone failing to toe the left-wing line as "beyond the moral pale", somehow they keep promoting her. Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips – review 2013-05-17T06:32:01Z

This cast of mind doesn’t mean that Smith avoids moral stances. In ‘Intimations,’ Zadie Smith Applies Her Even Temper to Tumultuous Times 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

The Angeleno painter Sebastian Gladstone turned to stripped-down, nearly abstract landscapes after the presidential election, hoping to find safety, and even a kind of moral rejuvenation, in a stark simplification of terms. 12 Galleries to Visit Now in Brooklyn and Queens 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

By bringing moral exactitude to a story long silenced for American profit, “A Silent Fury” joins that most vital of canons, the literatures of witness. Review | No one stood trial for the El Bordo mine fire. Yuri Herrera’s ‘A Silent Fury’ tries to right a century-old wrong. 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

“The cooperation between the Smithsonian and the U.S. Army aims to prevent this legal and moral crime of war.” The Army Is Looking for a Few Good Art Experts 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

The man who sets the wheels in motion — and who, in early episodes, appears to be the show’s moral center — is Gauthier, the son of minor Hollywood royalty. ‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

And, in case anyone has forgotten, when 2021 began, the United States was in the midst of its most serious constitutional and moral crisis since the Civil War. Perspective | Best visual art of 2021: Jasper Johns in two venues, Medici portraits and text-based artist Barbara Kruger 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

It's a position of great moral responsibility, a great moral weight. Philip Pullman on His New Trilogy and the upcoming 'His Dark Materials' TV Show 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

The palette was darker, the mood occasionally somber, the moral less Looney Tunes than Lifetime. How to Train Your Dragon 2 at Cannes: Beasts of the Viking Wild 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

But in this regard, “Deep River” isn’t a descendant of Kesey so much as Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, “The Jungle,” which was distinguished as much by its homely prose as its moral righteousness. Review | ‘Deep River’ bucks every literary trend, and that’s what makes it so charming 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z

The most difficult scenes occur early and set the grim mood and moral stakes. Movie Review: Jessica Chastain in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ 2012-12-17T23:06:45Z

The right wing resistance to emergency measures like social distancing and mask-wearing caused far too many on the left to start seeing these misery-inducing behaviors as moral signifiers instead of temporary inconveniences. "Minx" is a breezy good time reminding the left to reclaim the lost politics of pleasure 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

But you don’t want a happy ending–or let’s be realistic, a not-unrelentingly-miserable ending–to come at the expense of writing off the immense moral debt Walter White has rung up in this series. Breaking Bad Watch: The Iceman Cometh 2013-09-23T04:26:21Z

I decided this argument would appeal to Immanuel Kant, the 18th-century German philosopher who is still considered the go-to guy on matters of moral reasoning. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I can get out of this speeding ticket, right? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

But in “Uncertain Glory” the moral ambivalence of the Flynn character is real and fully dramatized. DVDs: On DVD, Errol Flynn and Raoul Walsh War Movies 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z

Still, to frame this miracle in moral terms is to misread what art extends to us: a way of joining, for a moment only, across the void. Literature and the moral question 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

It is increasingly apparent that the moral ratings we attach to clothing derive from associations. Quarantine Made Me Long for Painful High Heels 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

In “Afterlife,” Alvarez probes the contours of private moral decisions that echo our national conversation, which excludes migrant communities from claiming their contributions to this country. Review | In Julia Alvarez’s ‘Afterlife,’ a widow faces a moral quandary 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

In his harsh initiation of a new gunner, Mr. Pitt’s character crosses lines, both legal and moral. ‘Fury,’ Starring Brad Pitt, a Raw Look at Warfare 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

And we should pay attention to whether, and how, this museum’s global collecting continues, and to how its moral role as an institution on a global stage develops. The Guggenheim Is Going Global. Kind Of. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

The Black character, however brave, beautiful or tragic he may be, is the vehicle of his companion’s moral awakening. ‘Armageddon Time’ Review: Hard Lessons About Life in America 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

People are judgemental about sex, but everyone has their own moral code. The Girlfriend Experience's Riley Keough on Playing a Call Girl: 'Who Are We to Say What's Right?' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

Its protagonists, estranged sisters Sally and Zoë, navigate the book's moral maze clumsily and with frequent, increasingly cataclysmic false steps. Coming to bad ends: stories that refuse closure 2012-11-20T11:53:34Z

I want to separate the moral conversations from the implementation of the data model that formalizes those decisions. Cathy O'Neil, author of 'Weapons of Math Destruction,' on the dark side of big data 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

Jude also wrote the screenplay for the movie, an acerbic satire about a moral panic that erupts when a history teacher’s sex tape is uploaded to the internet. For This Sex Satire, the Pandemic Built a Perfect Set 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

The Passion performance, then, becomes the piecing together of what had happened, along with the posing of, without easily answering, moral questions. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

But over the course of a few days, these and other films began to echo, reinforce and talk to each other, giving viewers the privilege of bearing witness to unspeakable suffering and clear-eyed moral courage. The 2015 AFI Docs program proved to be eerily timely and cathartic 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

The movie glances toward this moral gray area but mostly looks elsewhere, practicing a troubling kind of access journalism and falling back on a dubious epistemological relativism. ‘My Old School’ Review: An Impostor Makes the Honor Roll 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

Tinterow argues that as a private American institution, the Houston museum is not bound by the same moral criteria as the German government. What Constitutes Art Sales Under Duress? A Dispute Reignites the Question. 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z

Somebody learns about the moral and corrective force of violence and uses it to punish the next person they disagree with. If Donald Trump’s America is Hell, who is Satan? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

The moral conundrum of drug dealing among African-Americans was addressed mostly by Curtis Mayfield’s superb soundtrack, which functioned as a kind of Greek chorus. Review: ‘Superfly’ Adds Bling to an Old Tale 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, DeSantis sent a campaign fundraising email that said, “Disney is in far too deep with the Communist Party of China and has lost any moral authority to tell you what to do.” Florida Gov. DeSantis, Disney butting heads on LGBTQ issue 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

The moral was – she wanted us always to do our best and put the effort in because she knew what we were capable of. John McEnroe: ‘Mum only came to my tennis matches if she thought I was going to lose’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Times writer Wesley Morris calls the show 'genius,' while completely overlooking the false telling of the Genovese case in the show to turn up the moral outrage. ‘Girls’ Finale: Is It Just Us, or Did the Show Get Better? 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

“The Curse,” the new show on Showtime from Nathan Fielder that continues his philosophical and moral experimentation with the tropes of reality television. Popcast (Deluxe): What Is Going on With the Grammy Nominations? 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

There are only informal ones: a deep well of empathy, a strong moral compass, a gift for being succinct without coming off as glib. Dear Prudence, how did Slate’s advice columnist find himself here? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

“Doctors need to get creative sometimes. Substitutions can allow authorities to accept the drug as a medical need rather than going against the country’s religious or moral code.” How to Make Sure You Travel with Medication Legally 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

It was a vindication of the view that any decently humanistic moral code should be viewed not as a facile distinction between black and white, but as an infinite range of shades of gray. At Seattle Opera, a must-see ‘La Bohème’ 2013-02-25T17:56:45Z

There’s usually a moral in her sights, one worth getting to, and there’s sometimes a deceptively strong current of feeling beneath a surface of reserve. Claire Messud Looks Back on Life, and the Art That Shaped Her 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Other pluses: Leigh Brackett’s script and, in a master stroke of counterintuitive casting, Elliott Gould as a rumpled, hapless yet noble Philip Marlowe, trying to clear a friend’s name amid a labyrinth of moral compromise. In ‘The Long Goodbye,’ Altman Dissects Los Angeles 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

A recent Slate article called it “one of the most damaging moral panics in America’s history,” which only began to abate when skeptical journalists got round to checking facts and asking questions. Rape Culture is a 'Panic Where Paranoia, Censorship, and False Accusations Flourish' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Surgeon, psychiatrist, moral compass; Bones was so much more than a galactic GP and was just as likely to be found on away missions as he was the Enterprise's medical bay. Six to watch: TV medics 2012-11-15T14:32:06Z

But he added that aligning with Putin was “certainly not moral turpitude or worthy, in and of itself, of actionable misconduct.” Met Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

Motives for mockery vary: they may be political, moral, aesthetic, psychological or misanthropic. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z

There are moral as well as practical implications to this idea: if you do not plan your life just right, you deserve to end up desperate and alone. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

But not a day goes by when I don't think about my moral obligations. Don McCullin: 'Photojournalism has had it. It's all gone celebrity' 2012-12-22T20:00:01Z

Some of these people worked in schools, others in prisons; most regularly hit the streets, as protesters and moral witnesses. In ‘Black Power!,’ Art’s Political Punch and Populist Reach 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

In 1927 a writer said that the picture was kept in storage “for fear it would injure the morals of the boys at the College!” Art Review | 'Masterpieces of European Painting From Dulwich Picture Gallery': At the Frick, Paintings From Dulwich Picture Gallery 2010-04-01T22:51:00Z

“The Good Wife” has quietly, implicitly explored the role that this moral faith plays in our attempts to be good, even for an atheist like Alicia. What Was “The Good Wife” Really About? 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

The disheartening moral of “Beetlejuice” is that when anything goes, nothing much registers in the end. Review: In ‘Beetlejuice,’ the Afterlife Is Exhausting 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

“Until Hitler’s Last Hostages are acknowledged, freed and returned,” she concludes, “the moral stain of the 1930s and 1940s remains in Germany.” The Great Art Stolen by Hitler 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

But Dietrich and Riefenstahl diverged on the crucial civic and moral decision of their day: to back Hitler or renounce him. ‘Dietrich & Riefenstahl’ review: Two women who made fateful choices 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

They weren’t looking for consistency or high moral character. A New Biography of George Balanchine, Ballet’s Colossus 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

The National Gallery's first director, Charles Eastlake, thought the picture perfectly moral, but knew "clergymen & others" would not, so his restorer obliterated Venus's searching tongue and the nipple peeking between Cupid's fingers. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z

As an old creative industry full of cruelty and moral sense, British journalism once flourished on the imperative that people required the truth in order to survive. Bad press: a new play gives journalists a voice 2012-10-11T09:15:21Z

Adjei-Brenyah is so good at writing fight scenes that our moral disgust never definitively stamps out the primitive thrill of reading them. In This Satire, Televised Blood Baths Offer Prisoners a Path to Freedom 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

By this phrase he does not mean the philosophical view that there are no moral truths and therefore no culture’s values are better or worse than any other’s. Should Anthropologists Judge the People They Study? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Western audiences had to weigh the moral compromise of attending such propaganda events against the rare, perhaps never to be repeated opportunity to see truly great artists, themselves pawns of the regime. 2010-02-03T21:58:00Z

I was going through a breakup and had decided that, in order to strengthen my moral fiber, I should camp, alone, for three days in the woods. My Canada 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Having rejected the laws of my upbringing, I had adopted few new morals. From good girl to prostitute: My path from ultra-Orthodox Judaism to Craigslist sex ad 2014-02-03T01:00:00Z

Forgive me if I don't join the moral outrage brigade in this instance, but I'm pretty sure the average UK teenager isn't going to balk at much in Ovid. The sexy A-level set texts scandalising our teenagers' morals 2013-06-07T15:58:30Z

You gave him a real nobility or dignity in the first scene, when he stands up to the Captain and tells him that the poor can’t afford morals. Method to the Madness: Peter Mattei on Becoming Wozzeck 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and condemned to 20 years in exile, during which he lived in the US, he became synonymous with moral courage and defiance. Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 'last stories' will appear in English at last 2011-07-23T23:07:17Z

This involves a moral calculus more complex than Baker addresses. El Sistema founder, Gustavo Dudamel are targets of scathing new book 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

Delbanco restores to them their moral seriousness in brutally uncertain times. How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

For Appiah, cosmopolitan thinking guides ethical and moral responsibility, and is inherently political. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z

The youngest Reagan, meanwhile, toils as a street cop, steadily questioning his father's morals and ethics. "Blue Bloods" a welcome return for Tom Selleck 2010-09-24T06:30:00Z

Kim has long been the moral center of the show, not because she’s a paragon but because of her willingness to deal more honestly with her flaws. ‘Saul’ Great, Man 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

While I readily accept that the moral dilemmas of the middle classes are always a fit subject for drama, I feel our supposedly inclusive theatre is currently excluding a large section of society. Michael Billington on working-class theatre 2013-01-25T21:00:03Z

Martin Amis recently abandoned London for Brooklyn, and now he's published a satire of Britain's moral decrepitude subtitled "State of England." 'Lionel Asbo': from brothel to brawl and back in dystopian England 2012-09-13T20:25:05Z

But rather than just offer recitations, Samuel turned his tales into full-on performances, creating narratives filled with uniquely voiced characters and ending with strong moral lessons. Bill Cosby's Maddening Paradox 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

For example: “Sentient robots raise important moral and ethical questions about the treatment of intelligent beings, the nature of consciousness and the responsibilities of creators.” When the Movies Pictured A.I., They Imagined the Wrong Disaster 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

“There is a moral hazard when using a museum as a venue increases the value of a collection,” said Brian Daniels, director of research and programs at the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s Cultural Heritage Center. Jewelry Show at Met Raises Questions 2013-12-23T23:00:35Z

Do you have a civic duty to watch, or a moral obligation not to? The Responsibility of Watching 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z

"Our moral pretences, our hypocrisy on matters of sex have led to incalculable frustration, delinquency and unhappiness." Hugh Hefner in six volumes 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

Their moral sense makes this a consistently honorable play, which wouldn’t matter if it weren’t absorbingly believable moment to moment. Review | Warmhearted ‘Curve of Departure’ hits Studio’s strike zone 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

And some art world experts believe the moral argument has gained more support, and that the industry will this time feel compelled to get on board. Tech Start-Up Aims to Get Artists Royalties for Resale 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

Like I say, we have a very high moral standard and that's not included in it. Secrets of the polygamists 2010-10-16T21:01:00Z

This soon puts Jane in a moral predicament when she realizes that the job isn’t to help but rather to write the entire essay. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 19: Money Issues 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

The decade’s illustrative power as a moral ultimate accounts for why it is deployed so fervently and so often. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

And yet she writes about no one more sharply than she does about herself: “I had the morals of a 4 year old.” Cultural Studies: Sharing Her Secrets 2011-03-24T21:13:59Z

In fact–and this upends the moral closure you often expect from TV stories–he is not really sorry about it, even if he regrets some of the consequences. Breaking Bad Watch: Say Hello to My Little Friend 2013-09-30T04:37:59Z

“I'm only being asked to host this, I know, because I’m Black,” he said, calling it a “moral, racial” dilemma. Jerrod Carmichael quickly addresses the elephant in the room. 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

She’s a moral warrior heroine, a beauty with dragons and magic attached to her, and, when we’re lucky, muscle-bound lovers who don’t wear conventional shirts. Season 5 of “Game of Thrones” 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

She enters their world of bright colours and moral contrasts with confident ease, and pitches her ideas and diction at the appropriate level – "writing the height", as a children's author once described it. Poem of the week: Time's Acquittal by Sara Coleridge 2011-01-10T10:49:35Z

“The moral of the sombrero scandals is clear: you’re not supposed to try on other people’s hats.” Lionel Shriver Puts On a Sombrero 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

And if the whole thing goes completely off the rails into global terrorism, biological warfare, moral depravity and the end of civilization, is that an informative thought experiment, or too close to the nerve? Review | The fiction writers saw it coming: The plot of ‘The End of October’ feels all too real 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

At a time of endless half-truths and moral shilly-shallying, Morris's eccentric integrity shines out. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z

And it is something else, simpler and more abstract: a moral lesson, an edifying tale about the art of humane attentiveness and of looking at the overlooked. Art Review: A Language Explorer Who Heard Echoes of Africa 2010-09-02T21:30:00Z

That feels only partially triumphant since we’re left in a moral murk. Beyoncé Unearths Pain and Lets It Flow in ‘Lemonade’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

“As moral people, we need to scream, and we appeal to artists, governments and people of good will all over the world to join us and scream on our behalf.” Escaped From Belarus, Actors Raise Voices 2011-01-05T00:00:51Z

In that world, Chris wouldn’t be watching his traumatized son slide deeper and deeper in the increasingly murky moral waters of the apocalypse. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 10: We’ve Done Worse 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

And yet design has this moral baggage that comes with the very notion of industrial-scale production. When is a chair not a chair? 2010-04-19T12:12:00Z

“It presents false moral equivalencies without context and offers no real insight into the historical reality and the senseless murder of an American Jew,” the sisters write in the statement to be included in programs. The Met, the opera on Leon Klinghoffer’s murder and the politics of protest

In reviewing her retrospective in The New York Times, Holland Cotter called Ms. Weems “a superb image maker and a moral force, focused and irrepressible.” In a New Show, Carrie Mae Weems Finds Monuments, on TV 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

The embarrassing result is that the United States neither ensures that militants are taken off the street and interrogated nor gains the moral high ground that might accrue from closing the hated Guantánamo prison. Books of The Times: ?Counterstrike,? by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker ? Review 2011-09-04T22:27:46Z

That period was a moral turning point for him, as he explained in The Paris Review. Russell Banks, Novelist Steeped in the Working Class, Dies at 82 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

Like the Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention almost made a leap that would have brought its teachings into line with compassion and the moral demands of the 21 century. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z

The only despicable thing I see is your lack of moral integrity, fake crusader. Kit Harington Isn’t Trying to Compete With ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

There are good moral, political and aesthetic reasons for dismissing the art of today. Why I've joined Damien Hirst's bad taste party 2010-09-28T14:07:00Z

Farhadi agreed, adding that one theme of his film was how people everywhere were struggling to find a moral compass. Moving Iran drama lights up Berlin film festival 2011-02-15T13:09:04Z

Tony Palmer was studying moral sciences at Cambridge University in the 1960s when a moderately famous band arrived in town. Tony Palmer: he's with the band 2013-07-28T18:00:00Z

He is strong, sullen and stubborn, a zealous laborer whose working-class upbringing left him with a sturdy moral code and a chip on his shoulder. ‘Luzzu’ Review: Capturing Culture on the Coasts of Malta 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Centered on a trio of Brooklyn cops in various states of moral decay, it has the kind of loose narrative threads and meaty roles better explored over the course of years rather than two hours. Brooklyn's Finest: Training Day in Overdrive 2010-03-06T00:20:00Z

The result is that, like other modern moral sentiments such as trust and altruism, empathy is increasingly seen as a "social glue" and the evolutionary basis of human co-operation. Barack Obama and the 'empathy deficit' 2013-01-04T16:30:11Z

Once you’ve established some moral authority here, then it might help to “just chill” — because knowing you need to get closer is one thing. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Step-grandfather thinks withholding love is a good idea. It isn’t. 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

“Paying interns the minimum wage is the right and moral thing to do,” says Robert Shindell, vice president and chief learning officer at Intern Bridge, a research firm. Motherlode Blog: The Privilege of the Unpaid Intern 2013-06-19T14:58:40Z

Now, 50 years later, the film can be seen for what it was: a work of political art and moral outrage. Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

One of the few soldiers present to retain a hold on his moral compass was a door gunner on a helicopter who saw a woman lying on the ground, freshly murdered. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

“Fargo” has its share of moral ambiguity, but this is pure white hat-black hat stuff, with two incorruptible lawmen refusing to surrender or make any compromises that might spare their lives. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 6: Defending the Common Man 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

The scenes undermined Fricka's and Erda's roles as the voice of moral authority in the opera in a subverting of traditional portrayals of the characters that Castorf did time and again. Wagner birthday "Ring" booed: will clan go up in smoke? 2013-08-01T10:20:01Z

Others took issue with lyrics in the rap that describe rough sex and even the title, which hints at moral ambiguity. Robin Thicke, a Romantic, Has a Naughty Hit 2013-07-21T16:14:52Z

All this hints at the urgent moral imagination lurking beneath the chaos and muck. Review | In ‘Endland,’ Tim Etchells finds squalid humor in post-Brexit Britain 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

Racist caricatures impugned everything from a woman’s intelligence and moral capacity to her skin color, texture of hair and body shape. A must-read list: The enduring contributions of African American women writers 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

“When you get to morals, they’re just your morals,” he said in his Carnegie Hall concert in 1961, perhaps his finest recorded performance. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

Or morals Let's just get down to it. This week's top five music links 2012-08-03T17:51:14Z

Instead, we get art — her video — as an act of moral thinking-in-progress. Art Review: Hito Steyerl Has New York Solo Debut at e-flux 2012-12-20T22:07:09Z

There is a political, moral dimension to the work of interpretation that Loznitsa compels. ‘Babi Yar: Context’ Review: Unearthing Footage of a Nazi Massacre 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Almost since its creation, D&D has been accused of promoting Satanism and the occult with everyone from grieving parents to an overly excitable media blaming the game for moral decline and societal collapse. Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the next Hobbit? 2012-12-12T13:00:23Z

It’s a complicated situation that Spielberg and Hanks approach in a manner both unfashionably devoid of irony and refreshingly suffused with moral clarity. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg on Bridge of Spies, Racism in Hollywood and Star Wars 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

The notion that Mr. Cosby could make a moral escape through an alter ego is absurd. How to Think About Bill Cosby and ‘The Cosby Show’ 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

Barbareschi told reporters that this is a film festival, not a moral trial. Reporters focus on Polanski’s film, not past, at Venice 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

His intention, he stressed, was to raise the thorny moral questions facing senior administration officials when the top guy in the White House appears to be recklessly lurching toward global destruction. Is Trump Imitating Fiction? Or Is Fiction Imitating Trump? 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

What we said: Its good faith and moral and intellectual seriousness are beyond doubt. The best films of 2016 so far 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

A corporate spy infiltrates a gang of ecoterrorists and finds herself entangled in a dicey moral dilemma in this thought-provoking thriller. SIFF 2013, week 2: 11 movies to see 2013-05-23T18:03:35Z

But in truth, “Allegro” is at heart more conventional than Rodgers and Hammerstein’s earlier works, with their striations of moral and sexual complexity. ‘Allegro,’ a Rarely Staged Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

Historically, what we consider to be a psychopath was not considered a form of mental insanity but rather a form of moral insanity. Why Donald Trump scares you so much — and why it matters 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

You don’t seem to be searching for a “teachable moment” in this film, even though there are unquestionably moral lessons to be found in the story of Amy Winehouse, as there were with Ayrton Senna. Did the Internet kill Amy Winehouse? The director of a heartbreaking new documentary on the rise and fall of a “digital girl” 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Plainly the show's emphasis on the title character's psychological growth and moral realignment are vital to the broader story because this Loki is quite obviously the one we kissed goodbye in "Avengers: Infinity War." The importance of being Sylvie, a Loki unlike any other, who named herself 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z

But they weren’t there as fans, or to offer encouragement or moral support. Runner's lie? Cheating rumors didn’t stop Robert Young – but something else did 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Later an avowedly respectable Victorian middle class started to see violence as something done by other people; the violent were a lower class, they thought, operating in a separate moral universe. Killing fields 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

But moral outrage should be reserved for Congress or the Supreme Court. Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz: When Comedy Cuts Deep 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

But gradually, Anderson emerges as the story’s emotional and moral heart. ‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

The comedy in “Quesadillas” has a moral dimension. Books of The Times: ‘Quesadillas,’ by Juan Pablo Villalobos 2014-02-27T22:39:35Z

We frustrate their desires at our economic, social and moral peril. Books of The Times: Want a New Life? Wait Here 2011-03-17T14:45:49Z

Their subject is imagination, and their purpose isn’t to spark it but to channel it, to put it to work, whether overtly, in the moral solution of practical problems, or covertly, as a consumer. “A Monster Calls” and the Stifling Lessons of Children’s Movies 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Ignatieff finds that scholars and activists — the typical bearers of global moral discourse — support the ugly crusade. Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Her transformations, physical and moral, are so incremental and persuasive you can’t turn away from Crystal — even when the system utterly fails her, and she strikes back with a hellish vengeance. ‘Bethany’ at ACT: A mom whose life has crashed — hard 2014-04-19T03:40:16Z

“This land of ours is headed for an extreme state of moral degradation,” the incensed parent wrote to Kennedy. Is This the Dirtiest Song of the Sixties? 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

Many of the stories deliver moral lessons, some with blunt humor: Two blustering, privileged young men are almost eaten alive in “The Restaurant of Many Orders” — and the reader wishes they were. Dark Fairy Tales From a Now-Vanished Agrarian Japan 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

Mr. Church fully inhabits the character, making the most of Willie’s dented moral sense and his many limitations. Review: ‘Cardboard Boxer’: Homeless Man’s Redemption via a Diary 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

The most prominent is open borders—one of those odd issues where, less for moral than for macroeconomic reasons, libertarian and left-wing positions congrue. What Are Borders For? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

It rejects the notion of some nebulous moral ideal, asking instead that the individual act with moral “authenticity”. The Good Place: how a sitcom made philosophy seem cool 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

And just as the scrutiny afforded to the slasher-movie aesthetic over the years inspired humorous analysis in the “Scream” movies, here too I deduced a subtle moral message being sent. Theater Review: ‘The House of Von Macramé’ at Bushwick Starr 2013-01-27T22:48:18Z

However, an air of moral rectitude still clung to him in a number of roles. Claude Laydu obituary 2011-08-07T14:50:04Z

This inner puritan must wait for a degree of satisfaction until the last few scenes, when repentance, repugnance, or retribution return moral balance to the universe. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z

To round off a poem with an intriguing point the reader hadn't expected, or end with a moral or message, is a hazardous enterprise; the reader can feel vaguely caught out. Poetry workshop: a rectangular frame 2010-05-24T15:22:00Z

Although he’s literal and serious, he’s no rube, nor is he a naive standard of moral innocence like Mark Twain’s Huck Finn. If you liked ‘Wicked,’ you’ll be enchanted by ‘Hiddensee’ 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

My focus is not on his moral behavior but on my own. On the Runway Blog: John Galliano, A Second Chance, but on His Own 2013-06-07T18:39:00Z

She has no boundaries, no morals, no shame, no sense. “Sally4Ever” and “The Bisexual,” Reviewed: Women in Crisis, In and Out of the Bedroom 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

“There is a difficult moral question at the heart of his life,” O’Connor said in a telephone interview. ‘The Crown’ Executes a Peaceful Palace Coup 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

“She has a really good moral compass, and we have very similar life views and life goals.” An Argument for Loving ‘Devil’s Advocate’ 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

WARDEN: There’s no moral order as pure as this storm. Martin Scorsese’s Strained “Silence” 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Or “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” whose ending chooses nihilism over moral reckoning? The Ugly Truth 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

After the traumas of childhood, in adulthood they seek to abandon society — a.k.a. “the Baby Factory” — altogether, in favor of a moral vacuum. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

Though the comedy never falters, this moral seriousness saves the book from being simple-minded. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – review 2013-04-05T08:01:01Z

As taxation without representation was to the colonists, so to modern TV watchers is the idea that their entertainment choices should be circumscribed by someone else’s moral standards. Nipplegate at 10: A Flash — and a Flash in the Pan 2014-01-30T19:48:50Z

“Scream 4” grapples with “profound moral and psychological questions about a generation that knows itself via tweeting and texting, not face to face,” Mr. Craven said. Rrrring! Hello, Sidney? It?s Happening Again! 2011-04-10T01:13:02Z

So audiences will have to read their own moral qualms into Brendan. Shame: Michael Fassbender's Naked Launch 2011-12-01T09:55:12Z

This season an unglamorous Lucy Liu stepped in as Officer Jessica Tang, an ambitious patrol cop whose morals are tested when she accidentally shoots a teenager wielding a toy gun. ?Southland? With Michael Cudlitz and Regina King on TNT 2012-03-16T16:10:35Z

The rule in most television dramas is that the person with the moral high ground gets the last word. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 8: ‘What Have I Done?’ 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

In a bit of tortured, poignant logic that speaks to both his honor and his moral confusion, he admits why he’s never run off. ‘Father Comes Home From the Wars,’ by Suzan-Lori Parks, at the Public Theater 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

The people of Greece were not free of venal corruptions any more than Latin America was free of brutal dictatorships, but it was easier to appeal to America’s preference for the moral high ground. How the United States Achieved World Leadership 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

When we think of Nordic noir, we tend to associate it with moral ambiguity, oblique social commentary and gloomy locales. What’s on TV Monday: ‘And She Could Be Next’ and ‘The Sommerdahl Murders’ 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

Two dances in particular — an icy one between Anna and her increasingly estranged husband, and one featuring the now-socially scorned Anna, the moral adultress, alone in a red dress — drilled me to my chair. ArtsBeat: A Book Critic At the Ballet 2011-07-14T20:22:03Z

Connor is driven by a need to do right by his family and his community but finds that navigating the moral terrain of a holocaust like the famine is all but impossible. Theater Review: ‘DruidMurphy: Plays by Tom Murphy,’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-09T22:58:53Z

In “Watchman,” Atticus is depicted as an aging racist and staunch segregationist, while a grown-up Scout serves as the moral center of the book when she confronts her bigoted father. Publisher Releases Signed Edition of Harper Lee’s ‘Watchman’ 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

“The baby of the family will always be the baby,” Weiner declares in the second of her “morals.” Eat this green bean casserole made with love or stop complaining about it 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Trump’s reactions varied dramatically, but he rarely hesitated to put himself at the center of the action, seeming to relish a role as a moral arbiter, issuing emphatic public statements and, sometimes, final judgments. With Alicia Machado, Trump found his first pageant media circus. Many, many others followed. 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

The moral is that power corrupts, and corruption is fun. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

“I want to believe that America will reject Donald Trump, that our innate sense of decency will kick in like some sort of moral autopilot, but I have been spectacularly wrong before,” he said. John Oliver tells US voters to get to the polls: 'No outcome is certain' 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Where Roma is a paean to women – not only Cleo and her fellow maid Adela, but the middle-class family’s mother Sofia and grandmother Teresa – the two main men in the film are feckless moral cowards. Roma star Yalitza Aparicio: 'I don’t think I am an actor' 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Medieval politics can't have been fun: it's a vision of a world of violence and lack of moral scruple. Richard III: Shakespearean actors rake over the remains 2013-02-04T19:00:02Z

He proceeds not with a moral point but through observation of the way his characters either defend their bunkered existences or attempt to reach beyond them -- or more commonly, some combination of the two. Samuel D. Hunter: Playwright of spiritual longing, now a MacArthur 'Genius' fellow 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

There can be no art without moral point. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

For the sullen young man at the center of “Student,” directed by the Kazakh filmmaker Darezhan Omirbayev, an experimental act of violence seems to yield moral clarity. Movie Review: ‘Student,’ Directed by Darezhan Omirbayev 2013-05-30T22:51:36Z

But the play is also painful, as times and moral judgments changed. Nathan Lane May Play 'The Nance' 2010-10-05T15:10:00Z

This is merely one example of Vonnegut’s unmatched moral clarity. The Moral Clarity of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

“We try to live by the moral guide that he laid down,” Mr. Cash said, which, among other things, means no alcohol or tobacco ads. Johnny Cash, the Poet in Black 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Le Carré's sons, Stephen and Simon Cornwell, produced "A Most Wanted Man," and they say the movie reflects their father's complex moral and political viewpoint. No one wears a white hat in the uncomfortably real 'A Most Wanted Man' 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

He quit out of emotional and moral self-preservation. ‘Let’s Not Do That Again,’ a Crackling Satire Set Against a Senate Run 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

Buying just about anything already felt like a moral conundrum. It’s Not That Hard to Buy Nothing 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

But others, akin to Claes Oldenburg’s papier-mâché sculptures, find moral authority in championing the coarse and the handmade. Art in Review: Robert Arneson 2013-08-01T19:19:33Z

But a bit of self-reflection and a little less naivete might lead the art world away from the moral vanity of righteous gestures and toward the fight for actual solutions. Perspective | Can artists right the ills of an unjust world by staging museum protests? 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

But it’s not like Hollywood hasn’t been there before: the studio-system era exited at the same time as the Hays Production Code, which exerted a huge influence on moral rectitude of American movies. Is This Chinese City the New Hollywood? 2013-09-23T20:43:40Z

I waited the three hours it took for Sarah to borrow a car, pick up a friend for moral support, drive to Philadelphia and somehow figure out where I was. Train wreck: Healing for two and parenting with PTSD 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

It was hypocrisy he couldn’t stand; Schneider’s own moral code allowed for anything as long as he was open and honest about his behavior. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z

This moral weakness of one man radiated outward. How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

He also brought to the podium the ardent conviction that music-making is a moral act that can heal the world. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

Perhaps some critics of Israel yearn for a didactic political message in a movie that means to be entirely experiential -- not to mention in a geopolitical situation notably lacking in clear moral answers. Israel's "Lebanon generation" -- in the movies 2010-08-07T01:01:00Z

Businesspeople are picking their way through a minefield of moral questions. Perspective | Louis Vuitton welcomed Trump to the opening of its new factory. And yes, it was odd. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

In truth, Owen and Reeves were the leads, playing a brother and sister fatally attracted to each other, and whose messy relationship functions as a metaphor for the murky morals of late Thatcherite Britain. Alan Rickman: 10 key performances 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

And yet Brooks reassures his readers that the moral life, as he conceives it, need not require the kind of renunciation sought by St. Augustine, who is the subject of Chapter 8. David Brooks’s Search for Meaning 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

“Also, leading a moral campaign against anything just seemed like a lot of work and I was stoned.” ‘100 Boyfriends’ Tells Lewd and Lonely Stories of Desire and Heartbreak 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

This gains her little in terms of moral standing. ‘Inheritance’ Review: A Rich Kid’s Estate Surprise 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

And that is the great moral and religious failure we must now address. Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

Morrison was our essential conscience, a writer of narrative brilliance and moral clarity. Perspective | Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

The moral, in a wry final chorus, is that we’re all susceptible to the devil. For opera lovers, at last a 'Rake' for L.A., bearded lady and all 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

But the moral battles here are more important than the physical ones: “Faith, without action, is no faith at all. Love, without sacrifice, is no love at all.” A Graphic Nonfiction Account of Hitler’s Would-Be Assassin 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

But “War Dogs” is a story about a place and a time where all values of decency and moral judgment have been subordinated to the market. Bros in the heart of darkness: Jonah Hill and Miles Teller’s ”War Dogs” is a scathing indictment of Dick Cheney’s America 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

We are damaging this core group of our most heroic and our most patriotic, and we’re asking them to compromise their moral certitude.” 'American Sniper' Writer Wrestled His Way Into Project 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom. ‘I Can Get It for You Wholesale’ Review: Rag Trade Revival, Recut for Today 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

There was never a failed moral test demanding he redeem himself, and never a girl for him to chase. Use your voice, Luke: How Mark Hamill's anti-Jedi mind tricks gave him career longevity 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z

These laments wonder: How did the moral center of “To Kill a Mockingbird” become a racist? -- when in fact it's the other way around. The evolution of Atticus Finch 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

The experience of fame and its bloody aftermath then produced two albums that traced Skinner's own moral – even spiritual – development. The end of the Streets 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z

Once it is determined that there is no money or space for housing potential evacuees, Nina, whom Ms. Surkova imbues with an operatic ferocity, faces an acute moral crisis. Review: ‘The Fool’ Is Yuri Bykov’s Look at Corruption 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

In the bluegrass-gospel “For the Love of God” he’s driven by true moral zeal: he sings about out-of-control lives, vowing that his faith will never lead him that way. New Music: New Albums From Grace Potter, Josh Turner and Fly 2012-06-11T22:38:11Z

This kind of writing does not see moral seriousness and entertainment as a trade-off, an either-or. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z

We prosecuted wars on false pretenses; we blithely dispensed with our fundamental moral beliefs and turned a blind eye to extraordinary rendition and torture. A letter to my daughter: What I want you to know about freedom, fear and Donald Trump 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z

When Mr. Grass received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999, the Swedish Academy credited the book with having granted German literature “a new beginning after decades of linguistic and moral destruction.” Günter Grass, German author and Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

She’s talking about their reclusive white neighbor, Boo Radley, but the African-Americans of 1930s Alabama come across as singing spectators, thankful for the moral heroism of Atticus Finch. A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

World War II — or at least most fiction about World War II — provides a kind of moral clarity that, in our present moment, proves comforting. The success of "Dunkirk" is proof that the World War II myth machine is still alive and well 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Is this convulsive chapter in world history really the time for a drawn-out dialogue by such a pair on the existential and moral implications of childbirth? ‘Lungs’ Review: Claire Foy and Matt Smith Chase Love in the Dark 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z

I wanted the moral murkiness of a film like “Prince of the City” and the TV show “The Wire.” John Hillcoat Narrates a Scene From ‘Triple 9’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The moral in these movies is basically the same: be yourself, not some filtered, re-tinted version. Brad’s Status: why is cinema obsessed with the dark side of social media? 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

In Kreider’s pleasurable and well-wrought essays, an affable hero gamely bumbles through adventures rich with moments of fleeting profundity and moral reckoning. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

One of the most affecting sections in Jones’s biography examines Geisel’s moral evolution, demonstrating how an artist could answer to his conscience independently, if imperfectly, decades before the advent of cancel culture. How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

His poetry proceeds not from a verbal impulse, not from a lyrical impulse, not even from a prophetic or visionary impulse, but from a moral impulse. C. K. Williams, Poet Who Tackled Moral Issues, Dies at 78 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

The moral lines were less fuzzy, too, though not always. In ‘Game of Thrones,’ the Pleasures of a Quickened Pace 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

No other character, no other show, better encapsulates the moral decrepitude of white, male middle management. The fall of Ricky Gervais: How did the once-brilliant star of “The Office” end up here? 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

If Beckett is right, then Proust has repudiated what some maintain is the novel’s most honored function, the moral education of the reader. A Century of Proust 2013-05-02T18:12:35Z

Civilization “involves reason, enlightenment, moderation, moral education, skepticism,” whereas culture represents “the sublimation of the demonic.” Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

It is also that, at the same time, they stand outside any moral process. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z

“Oppenheimer” is about the moral cost of unleashing upon mankind the most terrifying and powerful weapon it has ever known: Murphy’s gigantic blue eyes. ‘Barbenheimer’ Isn’t a Contest. But if It Were, Which Film Would Win? 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s what Christopher, in describing “Crime and Punishment,” calls the great novel’s intention to inspire “moral fascination.” Review: Mary-Louise Parker, Resounding in ‘The Sound Inside’ 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Trump is mentioned or alluded to only rarely, most acerbically in closing remarks about global warming and moral responsibility. John Kerry Recounts a Life Full of Incident (and a Few Regrets) in ‘Every Day Is Extra’ 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

More important, as the finale makes painfully clear, the series rejects the easy moral escape clause of “It’s us against the world.” ‘The Last of Us’ Finale: First-Person Shooter 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

The emotional, fast-moving production at MetroStage often succeeds in blending the charm of a traditional folk tale with the power of a moral polemic. Blending fact and fiction to create a moving tale 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

“Optimism is a moral choice,” he says, one that undergirds programs grounded in extreme practicality. Review: Paul Farmer Works to Heal Haiti in ‘Bending the Arc’ 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

But the last few weeks have given us all ample opportunities to rethink that belief – and to confront the moral imperative to sometimes just close our eyes. Don’t look at the leaked nudes 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

People will do anything for money and they want everything quickly — there is no moral concept. Dance: Beijing Dance Troupe Takes on Banned Ming Erotica 2011-03-23T12:55:07Z

Bateman always comes across as the sanest, smartest, straightest guy in the movie even though his characters regularly commit acts of either moral depravity or wild improbability, or both. Jason Bateman: 'I've got a great deal of dirt on Jenifer Aniston' 2011-07-15T23:09:00Z

“The Buried Giant” reverses that formula, using the structure of a medieval romance to explore the moral and psychological themes we’re used to seeing addressed by the realistic novel. Dragons aside, Ishiguro’s “Buried Giant” is not a fantasy novel 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

So to make ourselves feel better, we add a moral component: We are watching the epitome of evil getting sent back to hell. If Donald Trump’s America is Hell, who is Satan? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

Though the term moral injury is fairly new, especially outside military circles, the idea is as old as war. Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Also well known, at least among the architecture set, are “the vulgar narcissism and arrogance and bombast and egocentrism and reckless financial — not to say moral — ways” of this self-proclaimed, and yet actual, genius. Review | A look at the forces — and tragedies — that shaped Frank Lloyd Wright 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Like a real-life district attorney, Mr. Hill’s character had to balance moral imperatives and practical realities. Steven Hill, a star of ‘Law & Order’ as DA Adam Schiff, dies at 94 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

“The Boys,” which begins its second season on Sept. 4, is in many ways the moral inverse of a typical comic-book adaptation. ‘The Boys’ Is Back, More Relevant Than Ever 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

And it invited us to wonder about the nature of morality: Was Dexter actually a moral person, or just a monster who’d learned a neat trick? ‘Dexter’ and the Shows That Wouldn’t Die 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

Libby plans to publish a memoir exposing the moral and tactical failures of those still in power. ‘An Acceptable Loss’ Review: Conspiracy Drives a Nuclear Attack in a Rote Thriller 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

“Morals clause” is an absurdity in the universe of “Perry Mason” — the morals of most of the characters could be contained in a punctuation mark. Review: ‘Perry Mason’ Returns, Hard-Boiled and Warmed Over 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The morals of those stories tend to fall into similar categories about censorship, or calls to relax a little, lighten up, nobody's taking any of this seriously. Science and karma: Late night comedy makes peace with joking about Trump's COVID diagnosis 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

In the 1870s, Tolstoy’s contemporaries were beginning to claim that with religion on the wane, art should take its place and that artists should take over from priests as moral and spiritual guides. Perspective | Great art isn’t always made by good people, but this is getting ridiculous 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

There is no moral or political argument, just, perpetually, more story to unspool. 'House of Cards' Knows Exactly What It Is 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

So I just kept fiddling with ways to tell a larger story and capture the cartoonish madness and the loss of all moral compass and sanity. Dave Eggers on Trump and the perception of truth in unscripted lies 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

That, it seems to me, is the unsolvable moral question at the heart of this book. In a World That Exploits Women, Emily Ratajkowski Exploits Herself. Is That Progress? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

Corporations like Nike are motivated by profit, and I’m skeptical about making big business an altar of worship or a moral guidepost. Don’t speak for my military family: A veteran’s wife on Colin Kaepernick and the Nike boycott 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

He makes moral compromises in order to survive. ‘Prussian Blue’: Philip Kerr’s crime fiction at its best 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

With its stacked moral deck, student stereotypes and false, halfhearted ending, “Beware the Gonzo” is really formula straining at the seams to be more. | 'Beware the Gonzo': ?Beware the Gonzo? - Review 2011-09-08T23:18:53Z

Without historical memory, there can be no moral awakening to the increasing threat of authoritarianism now sweeping over the United States. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

His father had a different way of imparting a moral sense. Becoming Michael Lewis 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Her co-workers at Fast Forward, an events company where she was by then a public relations manager, came to her rescue with more than just moral support. In Love and Out of Debt 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

However, celebrities do have a moral obligation to not lie about their surgical history if they're making a profit off of their looks and bodies. Should celebrities have to disclose if they got plastic surgery? It depends 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z

This is a different kind of moral fury than “The Wire,” which risks bleeding into fatalism: there, individuals have little recourse against the destructiveness of institutions. “Breaking Bad’s” hell on earth 2012-07-15T14:30:00Z

Here, the Zuni case is a moral one. Zuni Petition European Museums to Return Sacred Objects 2014-04-08T15:03:12Z

Consciousness, meaning and moral value, he argues, aren’t just incidental features of life on earth, but fundamental aspects of the universe. Thomas Nagel Is Praised by Creationists 2013-02-06T22:56:34Z

It's been a learning process, and his moral compass is reset. "Debt Collectors" star talks brawl that is a "straight rip-off" of "They Live" fight scene 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately his moral compass is so far out of whack he's monumentally unsuited to the task. DVD & Blu-ray out this week 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z

However surprisingly, the old-fashioned oratorio has survived into the 21st century as an American musical medium just as apt for confronting our moral and social issues as it was for Handel in his time. West Coast premiere of 'Anthracite Fields' by L.A. Master Chorale mines the depths of American music 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

But the more important reason was you end up making political comments without directly making political comments, by discussing the nature of moral philosophy. ‘The Good Place’ Finale Finds the Meaning of Life: ‘Yep, Nailed It’ 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

“His Martin Crane was Frasier’s moral center; his cranky decency and bewildered love for his two improbable sons was hilarious one minute, heartbreaking the next, and you never caught him acting.” John Mahoney: Frasier's 'cranky' dad was the stove at the heart of the show 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

Two recent studies show that the public believes atheists are a threat to the moral fabric of society. No God in our house: Challenges of an atheist parent 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

The cultural and moral matter more worthy of scrutiny than a comic book narrative is America’s comfort with violence, murder and war. The Punisher skull: Unofficial logo of the white American death cult 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

Here, then, is Weiner’s moral number three: “Thanksgiving is a time for tradition, which means no revising the family standards.” Eat this green bean casserole made with love or stop complaining about it 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

It is, he claims, a poor moral guide, lacking the power to inspire us to act on, say, child poverty or humanitarian disasters. The one thing that could save the world: Why we need empathy now more than ever 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z

A moral fable about greed and comeuppance, crimes and misdemeanors, “Blue Jasmine,” begins with a socialite brought low and evolves into a tragedy that becomes greater than one woman’s tragedy. Movie Review: Cate Blanchett Stars in Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ 2013-07-25T16:13:31Z

The ad generated a churn of moral outrage from all sides of the political spectrum. Sorry, Calvin Klein, but women are not flattered by sexual harassment 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

They’re faced with a cruel moral dilemma: her job or their annual bonus. Marion Cotillard: ‘Before my family, everything was dedicated to the character’ 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z

Don't make moral judgments, just give me some information. Jude Law interview: 'I was an optimist. A champion of the human spirit' 2011-07-30T21:00:02Z

Now that Ridley has trained loyal viewers to expect a layered approach to moral ambiguity, “American Crime” comes across this time as a much broader story built entirely on cues, hints and nuances. Review | ABC’s striking ‘American Crime’ returns with heavy tales of human exploitation 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

Milley provides Leonnig and Rucker not just with an adult in the room, but a human being with a command of facts, a long view of history, a strong jaw and a moral center. Two Accounts of Donald Trump’s Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

The quiet climax of the piece is a song that relishes the moral that “nothing lasts forever.” A Penetrating Cry in the Dark at the Prototype Festival 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

“I was a young person at the time, and it helped me deal with adversity and develop a moral compass.” For the American Prison Writing Archive, a ‘Shadow Canon’ Sheds Light 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

Along with the deliberate speed comes a lack of physical action, reflecting Mr. le Carré’s emphasis on moral and political questions over suspense and derring-do. Television: ?Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,? With Alec Guinness - Review 2011-10-22T04:00:07Z

During the industrial boom of the late 19th century, Victorian morals prevailed and the temperance movement was in full force. Glasgow surprises with art, design and culture 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

If the free market is indeed the moral courtroom that its admirers claim, then what a judgment is being visited on Fleet Street. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z

King emerged as a principled leader of a moral movement. Kennedy and King: The remarkable intersection of two great lives 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

And nor should the burden of global moral leadership fall on entertainers. Bob Dylan's political road ? and Sesame Street's 2011-04-10T18:30:00Z

He advises parents to invite their child’s perspective on complex moral and ethical issues, ask them questions that are slightly above their age, and assign them difficult tasks that align with their interests. Perspective | 8 ways to change a child’s ‘bad’ behavior 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement What we see is awful, but the vagueness of the setting blunts the film’s political and moral impact. Review: ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ a Brutal Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

“Veep,” meanwhile, moved settings to different states and nations throughout its run, but its characters didn’t alter their moral compasses very much. As "Game of Thrones" ends, we have to ask: What do we expect from a series finale? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

Unintended moral: Create something really great, then run it into the ground but never stop braying about how brilliant it is, and a nation desperate for distraction will reward you for it. "Lost" finale's secret lessons 2010-05-24T09:10:00Z

Knowledge on display in the language of moral clarity — of goodness. Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

Born 200 years ago today, Thoreau, like his fellow Transcendentalists, propounded the philosophy of living “deliberately,” by which they meant weighing the moral consequences of one’s actions. On Thoreau’s 200th Birthday, a New Biography Pictures Him as a Man of Principle 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

This moral rebel, who leaps into battle with a smile and the motto “justice for all,” set the stage for all the gallant swashbucklers who followed. Zorro at 100: Why the original swashbuckler is still the quintessential American action hero 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

Spencer is interested in solving the conundrum of how you could “live a moral and creative life and still have extremely nice things.” Can you live a moral and creative life and still enjoy a bit of luxury? 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

For Iyer, who also teaches at Harvard, a moral responsibility accompanies the mounting financial pressures faced by artists. How one violinist is rebuilding her musical community — one minute at a time 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

To the disillusioned, morals, for instance, are not so much a question of right or wrong as of fear. Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

He said his father “never forgot who he was” and “was a very strong person about religion and morals.” Critic’s Notebook: Singing in the Rain in Tribute to Richard Tucker 2013-08-29T22:07:53Z

It was frosted, sometimes too heavily, with moral dilemmas, light conundrums and the kind of romanticism associated with ancient British universities. Review: The Doctor Regenerates, and So Does ‘Doctor Who’ 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Or the final resting place for a fixed moral order that is dying out? Architecture Review: A Paris Tribute to an Almost-Sideways View of the World 2010-03-09T23:26:00Z

If there is a moral to the story of Morgan, it's to never doubt yourself, no matter how many others do. Piers Morgan meets Oprah in his debut as CNN's new Larry King 2011-01-17T23:34:08Z

One is thankful that he is using his art-world power and moral gravitas to focus on meaningful issues. Review | Ai Weiwei’s new show at the Hirshshorn is self-satisfied, but not satisfying 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

The middle aged comeback vehicles show a more mature understanding of the moral complexities of life. Cobra Kai, Bill & Ted: comebacks redefine middle-aged masculinity, but where are the women? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

Throughout “Standing for Reason,” Sexton writes of the “moral authority” necessary for a university president. The Professor and the Adjunct 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

It's as though one word could do the work of the moral imagination. Adam Phillips on the happiness myth 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z

In the immediate post-9/11 years, patriotism meant subservience to right wing government, thoughtless support for war, and dogmatic belief in acceptance of “American exceptionalism” – the tenet of cultural and moral superiority. Barack Obama reclaimed patriotism for the left: How his 2004 DNC speech made a hopeful, inclusive America a core liberal value 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Withholding these clues — denying the modern reader’s lazy appetite for shorthand — is a moral intervention: Wolff wants us to know these people through their actions, not their diplomas or haircuts. In ‘Carnality,’ a Wild Ride Fueled by Rash Decisions 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

“In the end, she felt that she had gained the moral victory.” Elizabeth de Cuevas, Sculptor With a Flair for the Monumental, Dies at 94 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

Although he agreed with concerns about moral hazard, he concluded that in this particular case, too much was at stake to worry about it. Ben Bernanke’s ‘The Courage to Act’ 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

These short stories about Marines in Iraq are brutally frank about the traumas and moral compromises of a new era of war. Here Are the 15 Best Books of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

So it’s an exhibition with a pointed moral agenda. Review | Should museums mount exhibitions with a moral agenda? Absolutely. If they do it well. 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

In Adam’s case in particular it was true, because here was a guy accused of acting in the moral wrong and also credited with acting in the moral right. Seeing Beauty in 'Talking Heads' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

He’s on his way to a moral awakening in a story laced with Oedipal overtones and giddy with longing and smut. | 'Cedar Rapids': An Innocent Abroad, at a Convention in Iowa 2011-02-10T22:17:34Z

Thanks for your comments and tweets and general moral support. Eurovision song contest 2016 – as it happened 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

It is a style of history well suited to the antebellum decades, when American culture was most unabashedly itself — uprooted, credulous and bold with scattershot plans for civic and moral perfection. Meet the Man Who Spun the Media, Scammed Followers and Named Himself King 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

She explained that detox treatments are often unaffordable and added that she hoped the petition could serve as a form of moral suasion, especially if friends of the Sacklers endorse its demands. Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

Even writers whose work was distinctly moral and didactic in the Christian manner could be condemned by the church. Where did all the Christian writers go? 2010-03-31T10:11:00Z

While legal rights to a character can be obtained by film-makers, does that give them the moral right to do whatever they please with it? This one bought the rights and flew right over The Green Hornet's nest 2011-01-27T16:49:19Z

Ms. Akil emphasized that, for all of its moral ambitions, “Black Lightning” was still, at its heart, an adventure series. On ‘Black Lightning,’ a Superhero Takes On Race, Justice and the Real World 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

They are, to adapt a phrase of Martin Amis, "moral artists." The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

Or maybe the canyon itself reflects their moral and spiritual emptiness. | 'American Sexy': A Quest for Life and Sex. And Doritos. And Sex. 2011-02-03T21:27:44Z

The film depicted corruption and moral decay among members of officialdom and the upper class. Lizabeth Scott, sultry femme fatale of Hollywood’s film noir, dies at 92 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z

It's a little comedy, there's a little tension There's a moral statement in it. "They play Santa Claus": Humanitarians tested by a stuck Land Rover in savage comedy "Intregalde" 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

As the why-he-dunnit unwinds, the plot wades into a tangle of white and black family relationships, coming to rest in moral waters as muddy as the river that gives the place its name. Review | John Grisham’s new novel wades into Mississippi’s racist past 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

There is something very American about characters who break the letter of the law as they pursue a higher moral code.” The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

“It’s my first play where I take a moral position,” Mr. Ahonen said. The Amoralists Ready a New Play, ?Amerissiah? 2010-06-05T02:03:00Z

There is a dark, almost Victorian, subtext to the narrative of moral disapproval that condemned Miller for having about 1% of the fun that young male actors are allowed to enjoy with impunity. Sienna Miller: 'I feel relatively immune to bitchy criticism now' 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

The story that’s told—based on a script by Robert Siegel—is engaging and, at moments, inspiring, even as it suggests the shaky moral foundations upon which the McDonald’s expansion was built. “The Founder”: A Fast-Food Visionary on Shaky Moral Ground 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

The village protected him because of an ancient moral code to which they ascribe that dictates you must not only shelter and feed a wounded loner but also protect him against his enemies. Lone Survivor: The True Story 2014-01-10T22:33:20Z

Food is also used in protest as a symbol of moral rejection, with eggs, tomatoes and other soft and sticky food stuffs thrown at public figures. A brief history of throwing food and drink on people as protest 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

That saying “no” was the sign of loose moral fiber or not being a team player. How to Say ‘No’ This Thanksgiving 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

We worry someone might be trying to convert or indoctrinate teenagers; we resist preachiness about certain moral perspectives. Is Any Topic Off Limits When You Write for Teenagers? Maybe Just One 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

The lunar enslavement forces a choice between murder and death - a much richer moral quandary. ArtsBeat: Werewolves, Vampires and Shrinks, Oh My: Glen Duncan Talks About 'Talulla Rising' 2012-06-27T14:52:44Z

“You had a strong sense of a moral code about Lane, and he seems to have broken it,” Harris said. Post Script: Mad Men's Jared Harris on Lane Pryce's Final Act 2012-06-05T10:45:43Z

He’s mastered that male art of moral self-defense through preemptive confession. Sex and the middle-aged man 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

The Good Place never forced a moral message but it carried one all the same. The Good Place: was this the most devastating TV finale ever? 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

He's a smooth silver fox with a taste for posh skirt and yet has a strong moral core that he always applies to his cases. Six to watch: legal dramas 2011-02-22T11:49:00Z

Slavery, both as a political and moral issue and as embodied by the enslaved people whose lives were deeply enmeshed with his, isn’t relegated to a single chapter, but woven in throughout. Thomas Jefferson, Neither God Nor Devil 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

Whether it is our weapons or the weapons of the Taliban that cause the injuries, for us to claim the moral high ground, and to win "hearts and minds", we must care for civilians. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z

Life seems ideal, yet beneath the surface, a moral storm is brewing. Review | Lisa Scottoline’s latest novel, ‘Eternal,’ is not a thriller but is thrilling nonetheless 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

Salander, a tiny figure, too, seems just as towering, her outsize image an outgrowth of her moral absolutism. Lisbeth Salander: Bringing Back Leather and Spikes 2012-02-01T21:36:05Z

"We need to approach the warrior class with humility, not moral sanctimony," Doerries, who has translated plays by Sophocles and Aeschylus into English, said in an interview. 'Theater of War' evokes eternal truths of battlefield in reading by David Strathairn, Alfred Molina and Heather Goldenhersh 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Soon, however, he found redemption — financial, if not moral. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

As Burleigh acknowledges, most Germans nominally subscribed to Christian values – unlike the Japanese, who had a "genuine excuse" for savagery since they possessed no moral code overriding their duty to the divine emperor. Moral Combat: A History of World?War II by Michael Burleigh 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z

He suggests it may be a “failed nation,” in a state of “moral decomposition; a hating and hateful place” and “a kind of corrupted Eden.” Books of The Times: Paradise Is Only Half the Story in a Complex Caribbean Nation 2011-04-14T21:52:13Z

And hardworking, forthright Kim willingly breaks her moral compass; if not for him then at least because of his example. The "Better Call Saul" point of no return: Jimmy McGill is dead, and Saul Goodman rises 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

In the United States, college binge drinking is a durable social problem, a convenient object of moral panic, and sometimes quite fun. Brett Kavanaugh’s Ignominious Place in the Long Tradition of Ivy League Carousing 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

Dena is the linchpin that is loosened just enough to create many of the moral quandaries that will drive the film. 'Night Moves' explores line between activism, terrorism 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

About 30 years ago, young people here created a moral panic when they began holding parties in secret locations, fueled by ecstasy and acid house, a new type of dance music at the time. At Europe’s Illegal Parties, the Virus Is the Last Thing on Anyone’s Mind 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

“But still they are ethical and moral people.” It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z

He said that the battles will always be moral, physical or both, but it will be a battle. “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z

That principle may be moral, aesthetic or intellectual but it is generally all three, as in the most powerful piece in this show. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z

Like “Get Out,” “Master” finds scares — and satire — in the benevolence and moral vanity of white liberals. Worried About the Health of Cinema? Sundance Has Good News for You. 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

In Renaissance Europe, the very name of Machiavelli became an insult – to be a “machiavel” was to be a schemer, a conspirator, someone utterly without ethics or morals. “Game of Thrones” politics: Secret missions, desperate lies and the dangerous art of the double-cross 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Once again, an ensemble of eight portrays a wide range of diverse characters, all trying to find their balance and their moral compass on shifting ground. Ivo van Hove Brings ‘Angels in America’ to BAM 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Lev suffered most; the moral degradation he saw in the camps at times made him lose hope. Just Send Me Word by Orlando Figes – review 2012-05-30T07:00:02Z

The plot may hinge on Ahmed’s actions and motivations, but the film’s real drama revolves around a central moral and political conflict, between religious extremism and a humanist ethos that is more behavioral than doctrinal. ‘Young Ahmed’ Review: Fighting for the Soul of a Teenage Militant 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

The eminent travel and nature writer looks back at his experiences in places like the Canadian Arctic, the Galápagos, Kenya and Australia, while considering newly urgent ecological and moral questions. New in Paperback: ‘The Source of Self-Regard’ and ‘Horizon’ 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

The debut of the Charleston, we learn, caused a full-on moral panic. TV highlights 27/12/12 2012-12-21T12:47:37Z

But Almodóvar’s art is also characterized by emotional precision and moral clarity. ‘Parallel Mothers’ Review: Almodóvar’s Brutal, Beautiful World 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Let’s assume that when the Mississippi gubernatorial candidate denied a female journalist access to his campaign because she is female, he truly saw himself as a bulwark against moral decay. Perspective | The ‘Billy Graham rule’ doesn’t honor your wife. It demeans her — and all women. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

Rubin and Zucker are dealing strictly in moral absolutes when it comes to good and evil, with Sam’s ticket to heaven already punched and Carl and his sleazy cohort destined to get dragged to hell. Ghost at 30: the shock romantic blockbuster that tried to do it all 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

Season one made a point of revealing the weaknesses of Ned’s ultimately fatal moral certainty, but at least it meant that he could make decisions and stick with them. Game of Thrones Watch: I Capture the Castle 2012-05-07T10:10:45Z

Quite the opposite: “If Pretty Hurts” is successful exactly to the extent it engages us emotionally in the moral quandary of beauty, no matter what Amirrorikah we’re looking in. Review: Beauty, Blackness and Beyoncé, in ‘If Pretty Hurts’ 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

Especially in its early years, that show balanced its pulp story with moral introspection and family drama, but it grew mired in plot complications and a compulsion to one-up its own shock scenes. Review: In ‘The Bastard Executioner,’ a Warrior Switches Blades 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

They've learned of the horrific crimes perpetuated by the clergy of the Catholic faith in which they grew up — and the church's ongoing, relentless efforts to shirk its moral responsibility to its own victims. Generation X’s kids have no idols, and that’s a good thing 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

The moral of "Val," may be that Kilmer is his own worst enemy, an idea that gives the film its diffused power. "Val" captures the bittersweet paradox of Kilmer's life and art, both hamstrung by his own intensity 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

If you think that moral choices should be grounded in "the responsible use of reason" and "human experience in the real world" then you are already a humanist, though you may not know it. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z

The work is emblematic of Moore’s desire to make the viewer look and look again, teasing out themes, jokes and morals while also enjoying shifts in scale, plays on form and translucent color. Art Review: ‘Toxic Beauty: The Art of Frank Moore’ at N.Y.U. 2012-09-06T22:07:05Z

Like many of Mr. Murphy’s characters, Thomas is a complicated mixture of sympathetic and not nice at all — deeply wounded, but with a dangerous, skewed moral code. Theater: Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? at St. Ann?s Warehouse 2011-11-27T05:30:08Z

I think Stella is associated with a value system — sustainability, moral values — that’s absolutely relevant to the times. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z

“Ghosts as traces of unrecorded lives haunt her writing, and her keen feminist and liberal conscience imbue her work with moral power and gravitas.” Helen Dunmore, Who Wrote About Legacy and Loss, Dies at 64 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

Paterson, however, took time to establish Wotan's innate authority, but did some fine things in the last two scenes, as moral failure brings self-awareness in its wake. Das Rheingold - review 2013-07-23T09:08:52Z

Ms. Clifton’s style, which often recapitulated the rhythms of black oral tradition, was known for its moral intensity leavened by humor. 2010-02-17T05:56:00Z

We are in the very early stages of learning how those moral relationships will be revealed in the age of coronavirus. Perspective | Pandemic, panic and toilet paper math 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

Not to reckon with Luther’s book would be an abdication not only of one’s moral faculty but also of one’s fandom. This Season’s Books on Sports: A Roundup 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Director Simon Brand devotes so much running time to fear-mongering and grotesque stereotypes that a last-ditch effort at moral ambiguity and a critique on muckraking barely register. 'Default' a hostage thriller that demands little attention 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

There's a moral component to both episodes not surprising from someone who grew up in punk rock -- especially in D.C. punk rock -- that, again, lifts "Sonic Highways" above other self-promotional music documantaries. TV Picks: Foo Fighters, twins, Simpsons, 'Web Therapy,' more 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

How did you approach bringing her moral ambiguity to the screen? ‘Kindred’ Creator Wants Viewers to ‘Question Their Assumptions’ 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z

Individuals from "High" races may have moral failings and become evil, but collectively they do not serve it. "The Rings of Power" receives racist backlash, but Tolkien’s work has always lured white supremacist 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

It was a claim that has resonated with moral reformers to this very day. Sex at the Satan Club 2014-03-08T00:00:00Z

“And whether you think the death penalty is moral or not,” when it’s used “where the legal system is corrupt, that needs highlighting.” Katie Leung Stars in ‘One Child’ by Guy Hibbert 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z

Inside that down encasement, I understood the appeal of Canada Goose, which leads you to assume that the world will immediately recognize the superiority of your arm patch and, perhaps, your moral compass, too. The Rise of Canada Goose’s Hollywood-Friendly Coats 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

"What about the moral imperative?" the article asks. Pinups in the Post-Weinstein World 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

The fractures of what he has called his “presentations of language” are those of contemporary speech, in which moral judgment not infrequently finds itself stunned by technicist onslaughts. Thinking About Empire and Economy, With a Poet’s Mind and a Lawyer’s Words 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

"He was a giant in my village, and had a huge culture. He taught me moral values and helped me in my studies." Tenor Andrea Bocelli shares his hope, joy and generosity 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

A figure on the underside of the American society, the other side of the law, the underground, but who’s thinking about the moral and ethical implications of what he’s doing. Jay-Z is ‘Robert Frost with a Brooklyn accent,’ a Georgetown professor writes in his new book 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

Brown is very likable – he is honest and has a strong moral core – making this a particularly successful episode. Tim Marlow on Gaugin 2010-10-16T05:45:00Z

He died, and this terrible story Has a moral that might make you flinch: Turns out 2015 was the year That Christmas stole the Grinch. Style Invitational: A remeaning task — redefine a word 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

In many ways, season six argues that moral good isn’t just about not causing harm, but about actually repairing the parts of the world that have already been broken. Orange is the New Black: season six's biggest villain? The prison system 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Neither does any absolute moral code of classification. On Broadway, Old Friends Walking on Air 2011-05-12T14:27:20Z

The moral of this story is that even if there's a long way to go, art can still strike a blow for freedom – for everyone. Don't write women out of art history 2012-10-09T19:15:01Z

With so much that feels uncontrollable in the world, it occasionally feels good to be the moral authority in the situation where answers seem so cut-and-dry. Why are we SO obsessed with stories of hospitality gone wrong? 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z

These days, I’m pretty sure only scary right-wing militia guys encounter that last part with any sense of its moral seriousness. Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird, contradictory and radical vision of human equality that America couldn’t handle 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

I remember reading Thomas Hardy’s poem “Hap,” in which atheism is presented not as some launchpad into a higher realm of intellectual and moral refinement, but an acutely felt loss. An atheist’s guide to Scorsese’s “Silence”: You don’t need faith to be astonished by the faithful 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

For the few minutes during which she spoke, it felt as if that storied arc of the moral universe might actually bend back toward justice. Why the Golden Globes and host Ricky Gervais felt particularly pointless 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

Cameron’s embrace of the idealism of adolescence, of the capacity for moral outrage as well as wonder, is the emotional heart of the movie. ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: Big Blue Marvel 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

In its path there is no hint of moral degradation, no sign of debauchery. Museum Review: The Old Bing, Bing, Bing, at Full Tilt 2011-06-30T18:07:38Z

Strenuous action precludes boredom, and there’s little moral ambiguity to worry about. “The Revenant” is Trump, “Spotlight” is Bernie: What this best picture race tells us about our divided America 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

This, I think, is to underestimate the reader, imagine him or her as an internet troll, ever ready with a casual moral judgment about a stranger. Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal by Anne H Putnam – review 2013-01-11T20:00:08Z

In so doing, they are sharing a moral message about the universal condition of human cruelty. Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

When one begins to attempt to untangle the grand knot of American contradictions—to say nothing of our personal moral inconsistencies—one ends up very tired. Lady Gaga’s All-American Super Bowl Halftime Show 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

Beckett and the beast Johnny Byron is a questionable character, who deals drugs and possibly sex to teenagers, but both play and portrayal left moral judgment to the audience. Mark Rylance: 'It's all about the attitude' 2010-06-15T20:30:00Z

Either way, this simple and believable moral conflict is a much better use of Michael Shannon than the borderline-crazy theatrics it’s put him through in the past. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Do the Right Thing 2011-11-07T13:07:05Z

Less convincing is the reflexive — and false — equivalence of suffering and moral seriousness. ‘The Hateful Eight’ and ‘The Revenant’ bring the pain, but what do we gain? 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

The problem with our politics," he writes, "is not too much moral argument but too little. 'What Money Can't Buy': putting a price on the public good 2012-04-25T22:15:05Z

But in trying to have it both ways, Brice has created a messy, overstuffed parody of moral policing that squanders the promise of its cleverly executed opening. ‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ Review: Problematic Secrets Exposed 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

Because of who Paterno was, because of his stature in the community, the moral question soon arose as to whether he had done enough, whether who he was created an obligation to do more. 'Happy Valley' has many views of Penn State's Sandusky scandal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

I asked what he meant by a moral hierarchy. Perspective | The coded language of the alt-right is helping to power its rise 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

And when both moral and emotional development are taken into account, the notion that low-income parents, in contrast to better off parents, are the ones that need help is even farther from the truth. Motherlode Blog: Are Poor Parents Poorer at Parenting? 2011-09-20T16:36:51Z

In his lectures to students, Nabokov insisted that novels contain story, lesson and magic, and that the great writer isn’t just a yarn-spinning entertainer or a moral educator but an enchanter. ‘The Shadow of the Crescent Moon,’ by Fatima Bhutto 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

So there’s a moral in here regarding the delusion of endless growth. Giving Voice to the Victims of Growth 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Mike, here you’re playing a superhero who does not want to be seen, and his moral compass leads him to struggle with that idea. “Luke Cage” star Mike Colter: “If I was a little boy today, I’d fantasize about being able to be shot and not be killed” 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

This moment is a crisis of personal, societal and moral truth. When a cartoonist becomes a hero: Rob Rogers on losing his job for making fun of Donald Trump 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Regardless of legal distinctions, artists cannot escape moral responsibility for the society that sustains them — not then, not ever, and even inaction is taking a side. When facing evil, does silence become complicity? 'Taking Sides' makes the question newly relevant 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

I admire the simplicity of Johnny's delivery and arrangements and the moral ambiguity in his storytelling; sometimes sacred, sometimes profane,always entertaining. 'I have a tattoo of Bruce Springsteen wearing 3D glasses on my leg' 2011-02-08T11:56:00Z

A main purpose of comedy is to cross and confuse moral boundaries; a main purpose of feminism is to establish that certain lines of respect and equity simply should not be crossed. Amy Schumer’s New Obligations 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Her impulse transcended the business of journalism, of course, something that is not uncommon among war reporters, who repeatedly confront moral challenges to their ostensible impartiality. A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

Of course, “Breaking Bad” is now about as distant a memory as White’s moral compass.  For Aaron Paul, seeking good after 'Bad' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Need moral support when you unveil the Affordable Care Act? Analysis | Why is Joe Biden all over Tinder? How the former vice president became the Internet’s favorite wingman. 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Entrance into this hyperselective moral Harvard is determined by a complex algorithm in which one’s every act on earth is added or subtracted from a point score. Review: In ‘The Good Place,’ Kristen Bell Is Dead and Crabby 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

Underlying all this confusion is the problem that we don't have a way of ranking rationalities, so that the word means something more to a moral agent than it does to an economist. If we are to cope with climate change we need a new moral order 2012-08-21T07:30:01Z

“Mr. Fincher creates a persuasive ambience of political menace and moral despair,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times in December. DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z

Is there a desire for a moral reckoning and accounting in America to atone for all that has gone wrong? Eve Ensler on Donald Trump, rape culture and the "unreckoned history" of America 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

For those seeking a comforting Hollywood moral, this means he's realising what a big mistake he's made. Life Zucks 2010-10-18T10:21:00Z

He said a constant in the Vuillard books he had translated was “moral outrage”: “He’ll pick a moment or a figure or a period of time that really rankles him and just go for it.” Coloring History’s Gray Areas, With Strong Moral Outrage 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

“The Son of Joseph,” written and directed by the American-born French filmmaker Eugène Green, is a droll comedic moral tale whose baroque trappings make it an initially puzzling but eventually winning delight. The Hidden Gems of 2017 Movies Are on ... Netflix? 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

But why would these renditions of US policy be seen in the Middle East as anything other than attempts to seize the moral high ground? And the winner is … Islamophobia 2013-01-15T08:30:03Z

What I see are careers to be proud of, a business to run, pragmatic use of your talents and values, and the entirety of the moral high ground. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: ‘Working with your hands’ is bad? Let’s see how they think on their feet. 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

Some passages are too bluntly written, tapping out the play’s moral message in telegraphic language that makes you wince. Theater Review: ‘Golden Boy,’ Directed by Bartlett Sher 2012-12-07T03:00:19Z

With voices raised and arms flailing, each standing senior monk argued moral doctrine to the disciple seated at his feet. A breathtaking Himalayan journey to ‘the rooftop of the world’ 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Namely, that to counteract preconceptions of the star players as squabbling hysterical celebrities with skewed value systems and distorted morals, they had to don the camouflage of trust. In Court, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Dress to Suggest 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

I think I would have had some morals and things of that nature, but I think hip-hop helped me grow a little faster. Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

And you need to listen to your kids and connect your beliefs and values to their moral questions. Kids Value Success Over Caring Because Parents Do 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Stranded without the usual moral compass, the audience is on its own to decide what's funny or awful, or awful funny. 'Four Lions' Review: Finding Comedy in Suicide Bombers 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

Either rationale could constitute a sense of entitlement — something like the right to rule, or at least to shut the opposition out, while taking the moral high ground. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z

He is a moral center of the film, and empathetic. "We leave these places in ruins": How the white lens on "Kandahar" reflects the human cost 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z

But the morals from horror movies now are all outdated. Interview with Drew Daywalt: Horror's great Internet age begins 2011-04-14T14:14:00Z

She has spent all of her screen time, thus far, as Jimmy’s moral compass. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Premiere: No Seriously, Call Saul 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

An audience in the nation’s capital has only to look at all the proud heritages intermingled on the stage to appreciate the musical’s moral strength. Review | ‘Hamilton’ opens in Washington, and it’s a worthy successor to Broadway  2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

There are no candy cane epiphanies or take-home morals – just occasional light-flares from unexpected sources and surges of sensation that might make existence worth enduring. Robert Macfarlane: rereading Climbers by M John Harrison 2013-05-10T07:00:01Z

Of course she's using him to help her underwrite a particularly heartless financial scam but lust triumphs over ethics and he allows himself to freefall into moral depravity. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews 2011-08-26T21:55:06Z

Indeed, his book, a rewarding read, is at its most fascinating when describing how in China the laws of nature seem to have embedded in them a moral precept. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Heath's points about being on their own brought up another moral dilemma. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 6: Hey Look, Another New Group! 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

The Saudi commission cited Article 6 of the country's anti-cyber crime law, which prohibits the “production, preparation, transmission or storage of material impinging on public order, religious values, public morals and privacy” on the internet. Netflix slammed for pulling an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show that was critical of Saudi prince 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

But he gradually finds himself engaged in a somewhat rudderless argument about the opportunism of organized religion, the moral compromises politics requires, the state of America and any number of other questions throbbing with significance. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z

As a composer, Mr. Toussaint packed that avuncular warmth and street wisdom into tight moral dramas and testimonies of love. An Allen Toussaint Tribute by New Orleans’s Modern-Day All-Stars 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

But the show’s big find is Mr. Harper, whose line readings make Chidi’s moral nausea palpable as he tries to teach Eleanor to be a good person, or at least fake it. Review: In ‘The Good Place,’ Kristen Bell Is Dead and Crabby 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

But as Sydney quickly discovers, there are powers even stronger than her moral certainty. Review: In ‘Kings,’ Washington Is Where Idealism Goes to Die 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

“It’s curious that the intellectual and artistic community transforms its aesthetic unease or personal disgust into a longing for a type of patriarchal and pre-modern moral authority,” he wrote. What Happened After Mexico’s Greatest Architect Was Turned Into a Diamond 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

Lofty dreams and big ambitions, an eye to abstract values and the gift of gab, are no longer enough to bear the moral conscience of the nation. We Can Handle the Truth 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

The rift between North and South was caused by political, economic and moral issues — and it is the latter, particularly, that Sue Monk Kidd explores in her new book, “The Invention of Wings.” ‘The Invention of Wings’: waking to the evils of slavery 2013-12-31T22:20:55Z

But it also reinforced the urgency to cultivate a wider public and, at the same time, to pay off a moral and cultural debt. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Those involved in the furore surrounding the US version of Skins would do well to watch this episode, which is about as moral as television gets. Tonight's TV highlights: The Culture Show 2011-02-10T00:04:01Z

But in using the woods as the central intersection, there are any number of other ideas in play, other morals. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

Yet the dancers have been responding all season by showing not just physical skill but also the moral distinction that underlies ballet’s classicism. ‘We, the Dancers’: At City Ballet’s Gala, Affirming Ballet’s Honor 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Hazel is rudderless, ordinary, passive; all the more impressive, then, is Nutting’s creation of a compelling, wholly sympathetic character from such a beige moral blob. The Real-Life Reality Show That Jumped the Shark 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

Instead of that moral commitment to social justice, a counterculture, and authentic kind of non-consumer musical experience. Bob Dylan’s legendary defiance: “They had to crank it up to drown out the boos” when he went electric 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Still, Eye in the Sky, for all its moral value, has also had to take the tropes for a spin. Kill shots: why cinema has drone warfare in its sights 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The wonderful trick of “Breaking Bad” is that we experience moral fury at our anti-hero’s particular philosophy, wishing for its abdication — and with this judgment, we viewers become nearly like pre-modern moralists. “Breaking Bad’s” hell on earth 2012-07-15T14:30:00Z

The moral and existential danger of tiredness is a widespread modern malady, but an unusual literary subject. Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a French interviewer on Sunday that he regretted his “moral failure” with a hotel maid in New York. The TV Watch: Veiled Apologies and Few Surprises 2011-09-19T04:28:08Z

By focusing so intensely on the moral quagmire, this set the tone for the self-pity that came to define the nation’s perceptions of the conflict. From Platoon to Winter Soldier: 10 of the best Vietnam war films 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

Appreciating art, especially narrative art, requires a moral sensibility. ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.) 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z

But as with all new technologies, alongside the exciting possibilities are serious moral questions. The slippery slope of using AI and deepfakes to bring history to life 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

The more relevant question, the moral problem on which the movie turns, is “who is David Lipsky?” Review: ‘The End of the Tour’ Offers a Tale of Two Davids 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Conversely, another attendee said "I don't think there's anything to take out of it as far as a moral lesson," they said. The appeal and allure of the rotisserie chicken guy 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

Wilde’s wit is tricky, though; it sits on bedrock of great moral heft, yet if played with any weightiness, it droops. Theater Heads North, and in Every Direction at Once 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

Well, you know the industry is in a tight spot when it starts releasing heartfelt pleas from Ron Jeremy intended to appeal to his audience's moral fibre. Never mind the iPad ... porn needs the Canada position 2010-05-21T13:00:00Z

There is an old-school moral urgency to the work, which the young players brought out with sensitivity and expressive commitment. New Juilliard Performs Contemporary Music at Summergarden 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

Now you need a politics of morals – where you have to go out and win the moral case for what you're saying. Will anyone vote for AV in the electoral reform referendum? 2011-04-08T23:09:12Z

Did I add that he’s also witty and wise: “A book is a physical as well as a spiritual object, and any activity that makes us handle our books is a moral good.” Review | I love books about books. Here are seven of my current favorites. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

On some moral scale, that may not make Nucky a good person—but I think it makes him not a bad person. Boardwalk Empire Watch: The War Begins 2012-11-26T13:30:01Z

I like the moral position behind the concept, which holds simultaneously that the universe is bad and capricious and that personal responsibility is even more important as a result. The Year We Played Ourselves 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

Ang Lee's film Lust, Caution focused on the moral compromises endured by the Chinese under Japanese occupation. Why are we so obsessed with films about the second world war? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

There are fiercely moral souls who don't fly, or go on holiday, or buy flashy new gadgets, or eat anything except locally grown vegetables and the odd handful of seeds. Sex and shopping are no worse than gadgets or guns 2010-05-31T06:00:00Z

The result is a running crash course in remedial ethics, with the most madcap name-dropping of the greats of moral thought since Monty Python’s “Bruces’ Philosophers Song.” How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

There are moral boundaries too, where good and evil are observed from the blessed distance of those who still have time to choose. 11 Flowers - review 2012-05-22T13:01:46Z

Santigold calibrates her moral compass in “I Don’t Want,” “Why Me” and “Gold Fire,” which has her “Inciting the disorder” and “Running through your borders.” On a Surprise Album, Santigold Returns with Blithe Pop and Big Ideas 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Ms. Chipaumire ventured into “Heart of Darkness,” Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novella about barbarism, moral hypocrisy and the corrupting force of colonialism. Nora Chipaumire’s Dance About Miriam Makeba Comes to BAM 2012-09-11T21:54:24Z

Nearly all of them contain some element of moral exhortation and celebration, teaching and preaching about the ethical values that humanists practice. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z

Woodrow Wilson justified it all by recasting “America’s strategic and political interests as moral imperatives, and its foreign interventions as necessary acts of international responsibility.” Pankaj Mishra Challenges America’s Self-Deceptions 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

The message of moral courage and self-preservation gets lost in all these directorial distractions. | 'Play It Cool': ?Play It Cool? at the Acorn Theater - Review 2011-09-19T21:30:35Z

Armed with the moral authority of his leadership of the Gewandhaus, Mr. Masur convened a meeting of dissidents, musicians and Communist officials to draft a statement calling for nonviolence. Kurt Masur, conductor who was a unifying force in a divided Germany, dies at 88 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

Because, you know, as I see it, it’s one of those moral debts. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

Material poverty therefore is not the issue; moral poverty is, or so the thinking goes. America’s Refusal to Address the Roots of Violence 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

At that point, for once in the week, I regretted the lack of moral support. A Fortress in the Clouds, a Guinea Pig in the Pan 2010-07-14T03:00:00Z

It is not assault, but his fatherhood assumes a retrospective moral irony, a soapily tragic tainting. 40 years of Stars Wars – why the blockbuster saga is a galactic soap opera 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

They returned to Msimangu's house to wash off the dirt of poverty and moral ambivalence. Digested classic: Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton 2010-05-21T09:30:00Z

It was a country deeply divided by class and birth; yet it was one united by an unspoken moral consensus that now seems almost antediluvian. The King's Speech: How George VI's simple domesticity made him the king his country needed in time of war 2011-01-02T00:05:01Z

It's a story that has the shape and texture of a morality tale; we just don't know what the moral might be. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

Welfare science deflects attention away from moral concerns over animal captivity, because it stays focused on immediate welfare challenges and provides a nice veneer of scientific and thus ethical acceptability to the overall endeavor. Are zoo animals happy? There’s a simple empathy test we can apply 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

To write a play or a novel that would evoke the moral horror of this human tragedy, we need a playwright of Brechtian or Beckettian dramatic genius. Review: ‘On the Exhale’ Addresses Grief and the Attraction of an Assault Rifle 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

But by making Sons and Lovers a novel which, unlike The Rainbow, escaped moral denunciation and legal writs, Garnett did Lawrence a service. Sons and Lovers: a century on 2013-05-25T07:00:22Z

“The Smuggler,” a one-man show, means to draw the audience into a moral quandary about Tim’s actions and the unfair status of immigrants and the citizen have-nots of America. ‘The Smuggler’ Review: A Barman’s Rambling Yarn 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

"People often have a very deep, primal, moral reaction – that even speaking about that person is giving them too much attention," he says. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Greig on making a musical to rival Matilda 2013-06-18T07:00:00Z

When “Lakota America” appeared in 2020, some Lakota scholars objected to that framing, saying it implied a moral equivalence with — or even a justification for — European conquest. A Finnish Scholar Wants to Change How We See American History 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

In short, the causal version of the PIB arguments fails, both as a prediction and as a moral objection. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z

Little annoyances such as moral imperatives pale in comparison to cash, power and a panoply of sexual partners. From Waco to Charles Manson: what TV gets wrong about cults 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

This moral dilemma was the most interesting and difficult to play. "I decide with my heart": Penélope Cruz on her marriage, career and working with Pedro Almodóvar 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

In this account, the universal becomes specific, radically changing the moral of the Eden story. Tonight's TV highlights: Silk 2011-03-28T23:05:01Z

Yet the savvy woman who masked her power with demurrals was also prone to severe moral lapses. The First Lady Who Begat Phyllis Schlafly, Nancy Reagan and Ivanka Trump? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Questioning the very definition of a criminal, the movie abandons our three young searchers in moral transit. Review: In ‘Vaya,’ Three Travelers Find Danger in Johannesburg 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

For some time, Steve had been preoccupied by the moral conduct of his daughter. Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church by Lauren Drain – review 2013-04-10T07:01:01Z

Attempting to throw your weight around like that, you lose any moral high ground. Restaurants: how to complain... without losing your cool 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

By then, artistic creation was largely considered as a value in itself, beyond morals and politics; even beyond good and evil. C?line: great author and 'absolute bastard' 2011-01-31T11:33:28Z

The vitriol he heaped upon the perceived moral failures of the black underclass meshed with his role as television’s iconic father figure. What Shielded Bill Cosby? 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

But as generators of life lessons, shapers of moral thinking, explainers of history, they no longer matter, because they’re not asking people to look for any of that. Making Museums Moral Again 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Specifically, Kazan asked for a last act in which Maggie was shown more sympathetically, the dying Big Daddy reappeared, and Brick underwent some form of moral awakening. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Tennessee Williams's southern discomfort 2012-09-30T19:00:11Z

This framed Audrey’s abortion as simply a form of healthcare, rather than an emotional, moral or lifestyle decision. Mothers who have abortions: what to do with TV’s third rail? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Beijing retained its characteristic willingness to adjust to changes in alignments of power and in the composition of foreign governments without passing a moral judgment.” Books of The Times: An Insider Views China, Past and Future 2011-05-09T19:59:38Z

In the third century BCE, for example, Aristotle proposed that the good life — happiness — consists of developing and using both our intellectual and moral capacities to the fullest possible extent across an entire lifetime. The best “defence”: On fighting for the good life in Trumplandia 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

The strange scenes hint of moral decline and its concomitant luxuries. Dasha Shishkin's dive into decadence 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

You hear it in the news, you see it in policy every day where we're still making this failure of logic, where we still believe there are little moral hierarchies. "Why Fish Don't Exist" explores eugenics in the US, a Hawaiian murder plot, and the meaning of life 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

He told them not to pursue commercial gain at the expense of artistic and moral value, Xinhua said. China warns against 'immoral' art 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Lawrence is excellent as Ree: intelligent, and possessed of a moral courage that commands respect. Film review: Winter's Bone 2010-09-16T21:42:00Z

The specifics are representative of a broader change taking place in a society all but defined by extreme “moral” standards. Why porn is exploding in the Middle East 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

“Dangerous, now, to simplify, to trade reality’s moral grey for comic books’ black and white,” he went on. Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash? 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

But the images of the presidents also form a kind of national document: a pictorial history of American arrogance, aggression, persecution and moral confusion, with a balancing one of sobriety, self-discipline, just action and restraint. Presidential Portraits: Staring History in the Face 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Secret Service agents are also drilled almost from Day One on the need for probity, discretion and solid morals. Scandal challenges Secret Service's culture 2012-04-21T05:12:00Z

Even the rabbi, a family friend named Cyrus Bloom, is “self-defrocked,” another victim of moral restlessness. Review: In ‘The Perplexed,’ Moral Gridlock on Fifth Avenue 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

A story of the Florida homeowners who helped expose the 2008 mortgage crisis, and their moral crusade to hold banks to account. Paperback Row 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

The novel was an attempt to cast new light on the complex and often confused moral interiority of the respectable working class during a moment of change. Stan Barstow obituary 2011-08-01T19:06:48Z

The film’s moral can be distilled in the famous E. M. Forster dictum from “Howards End”: “only connect.” | 'The Hedgehog': Behind the Prickliness Lies a Generous Heart 2011-08-18T23:17:46Z

We were supposed to treat everyone as we’d treat God should he appear, but judged and ostracized those not living to the moral code strictly outlined by various interpretations of the Bible. My Steubenville 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

Opera patrons may not have approved of Carmen's morals, but they were enthralled by the sensational theatrics, sexual sparks, the brilliant melding of classical composition and Spanish folk music — and still are. 'Carmen': Quite a woman at Seattle Opera 2011-10-05T22:47:04Z

Traditions have value, but so too does the process of ongoing moral reflection. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z

It is a serious moral fable about the foreseen and unforeseen consequences of the choices we make.” ‘Dune’ receives the royal treatment on its 50th anniversary 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

It is a work in which all the moral absolutes are clearly signposted and nothing happens without its thematic significance being debated at length. To Kill a Mockingbird ? review 2011-02-23T19:00:00Z

In a fit of moral disgust, he quit his job at a predatory consulting firm and began spending down his savings and his inheritance. A Comic Novel Reunites a Damaged Dad and His Recalcitrant Offspring 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

Manufactured pique is the currency of a realm in which moral offense has been commodified by television, weaponized by social media and, in the process, virtually drained of proportion or meaning. ‘First Reformed’ will shock you. Thank God for that. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

While every industry has its moral quandaries to contend with, Silicon Valley is in another orbit. Uber, Facebook and Others Bedeviled by Moral Issues 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

It hung like a malodorous cloud around the Holy See, and undermined any effort by the Pope to exercise spiritual and moral authority. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

That makes this particular kill a notable turning point on his spiral toward moral degeneration. The Most Shocking Revelations From House of Cards Season 5 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

Haidt claims that just as we have the taste receptors of salt, sweet, bitter, and so on, so we generally work on five basic moral receptors: those pertaining to caring, fairness, loyalty, authority and sanctity. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt – review 2013-05-07T11:32:26Z

Vidal, inspecting the idiocy of this belief, concludes, “There is something strangely infantile in this obsession with dice-loaded physical courage when the only courage that matters in political or even real life is moral.” Civil war at the cineplex: “American Sniper,” “Selma” and the battle over American masculinity 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

Yes, the South had lost the Battle of Atlanta, and with it the war, but it had also scored a moral victory. A Victory for the Civil War ‘Cyclorama’ 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

New Jersey prohibits minors from appearing in entertainment productions dangerous to their "life, limb, health or morals." Reality TV kids perform without a safety net 2010-06-28T03:57:00Z

His classes sparked a moral philosophy craze in Japan, and he was named by China Newsweek as the "most influential foreign figure." 'What Money Can't Buy': putting a price on the public good 2012-04-25T22:15:05Z

The obese continue to get passed over for jobs and ridiculed in public for their "defect," which is widely presumed to be a moral failing. Blogging "City Island": My fat-chick manifesto 2010-04-12T16:18:00Z

It thwarts an examination of the other forces shaping intimate relations – misogyny and normative gender roles, economic stresses and the moral and emotional pressures of monogamy. What is "heteropessimism," and why do men and women suffer from it? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

After the war, Niebuhr joined his friend Arthur Schlesinger, the historian, on a committee convened to advise the State Department on the moral dimension of America’s role in the emerging world order. A Few Theories about Why James Comey Might Call Himself “Reinhold Niebuhr” on Twitter 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

The film addresses many issues, both moral and ethical, but one sequence shows exactly how fragile things are in Syria. The wildest, most poignant, or unforgettable movie scenes of 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

Ms. Mackey’s pure, radiant soprano delights the ear, and she infuses Mary with a touching sincerity that helps make convincing the rather unnatural moral perfection of her character. Review: ‘Amazing Grace,’ the Story of a Slave Trader’s Moral Awakening 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

In “Apocalypse” Mr. Duvall’s performance “upset the moral tidiness of the film,” Mr. Shone said, complicating the “peacenik” proceedings “with this charismatic, full-throated, fantastic hawk.” Film: Robert Duvall, in ?Get Low,? Still a Hollywood Darling 2010-07-23T22:27:00Z

What we’re not seeing yet is the counterbalance of human decency and moral certitude that’s also important to what could now, in the parlance of our times, be called the “Fargo” brand. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap: ‘Unfathomable Pinhead-ery’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

Her commitment to realism was absolute, a matter of moral principle. The Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

She said it stresses moral concepts such as respecting others' religion, living up to promises and treating other people the way you want to be treated. Ill. panel balks at measure linked to Scientology 2011-05-11T19:39:14Z

The practice of tipping taps into two very basic moral impulses – perhaps humanity’s two most fundamental moral instincts: reciprocity and empathy. Do religious conservatives make lousy tippers? 2013-02-07T20:01:00Z

He “views her as too impulsive, while she sometimes thinks he is too cautious,” Jacobs said, and yet, Gold’s moral core is clear: “She knows what she does is the right thing to do.” In ‘Transatlantic,’ Stories of Rescue and Resistance From World War II 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z

However, turning a blind eye to abuse just to preserve your comfort zone is not a choice that withstands moral scrutiny. Carolyn Hax: Coaxing a friend out of her angry place 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Knowledge of literature is beneficial to critical thinking and moral health and should be an undertaking as serious and valuable as moneymaking or scientific advancement. Antjie Krog: Should Should power listen to poetry?| World Writers Conference 2012-09-26T09:47:23Z

As for the term empire, he said, thinking about how such “resonant structures of power” occur in different times and places “is not the same as implying a moral equivalence.” A Finnish Scholar Wants to Change How We See American History 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

She “is the moral compass of the story and the heart of the story,” the actress added. 'Knives Out': a whodunit set in contemporary America 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

“There’s a moral heart to Theresa,” said Ms. Howe, a longtime colleague and moviegoing pal. ‘She Should Be Revered, and She Is Not’ 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

There is little doubt these men are the good guys, but with their sharp tongue and flawed moral centers, they could have just as easily been criminals and outlaws if the circumstances were slightly different. Why has Timothy Olyphant become TV's go-to lawman? 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z

Though linked by literary inspiration and moral anger, the productions now at Signature are utterly different in execution. Review: ‘In the Blood’ and the Singular Talent of Suzan-Lori Parks 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

Based on our moral and spiritual values, denying relief is not just wrong—it is horrific. The Christian right needs Jesus: Why its leaders are so indifferent to human suffering 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z

Going after “Untouchable” was “a moral responsibility,” said Mr. Pollard, a 52-year-old resident of Detroit. A Casualty on the Battlefield of Amazon’s Partisan Book Reviews 2013-01-20T19:45:33Z

But those are technological changes, and technological changes also make the case for sweeping morals policing much harder to make. Nipplegate at 10: A Flash — and a Flash in the Pan 2014-01-30T19:48:50Z

"O Tannenbaum" provides a bleak finale: a moral white-out in a snowbound landscape where a family pick up a couple of hitchhikers. Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

“These pictures tell stories about moral and ethical issues that we all have to deal with in life,” he said. A Homecoming for Dutch Masters, Thanks to an American Billionaire 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

“She doesn’t go overboard in explaining her moral reasoning. She doesn’t have to. Her title is her explanation.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

With the pastor’s discovery of Margery’s transgression, “Hand to God” treads into moral territory that Mr. Askins doesn’t negotiate entirely smoothly. Theater Review: ?Hand to God,? by Robert Askins, at Ensemble Studio Theater 2011-11-12T00:45:29Z

The women in Shepard's stories, on the other hand, are exemplars of moral and emotional intelligence. Jim Shepard has new collection of short stories 2011-03-22T12:22:10Z

In the 1920s reformers shifted their moral zeal to the scourge of alcohol. Criminal justice reform in the U.S. has a long history of repressive outcomes 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

I think it is easy for those of us who have that passion, that obsession that you write about, to feel a certain sense of moral superiority about it. How do you send back a bad meal? 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

The moral of the story, as written by Aeschylus eight years later: “Never, being mortal, ought we cast our thoughts too high.” ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Many critics found Ms. Duncan’s most compelling writing in her exploration of moral darkness. Lois Duncan, whose suspense novels held teen readers spellbound, dies at 82 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Why not put the moral emphasis on his words and promises, not his appearance? Devil in the Details: The Real Problem With History Channel’s Satan 2013-03-19T12:00:01Z

With the help of an evolving rule book, seven polyhedral dice, quick addition skills and flexible imaginations, players determine their characters’ backgrounds, strengths, moral alignments and traits. Who’s Playing Dungeons & Dragons These Days? The Usual Fans, and Then Some. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

Walter White progresses from unassuming savant to opportunistic gangster — and as he does so, the show dares you to excuse him, or find a moral line that you deem a point of no return. Magazine Preview: The Dark Art of ?Breaking Bad? 2011-07-06T12:20:00Z

What sort of language – what political or moral framework – can the left propose to explain its objectives and justify its goals? Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

The moral isn’t hard to detect: spending your time hiding away and playing games is destructive and debasing. Spielberg's Ready Player One – in 2045, virtual reality is everyone's saviour 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Season 3 ended with Jesse preparing to cross the moral point of no return, as Walt asked him to kill an innocent man in order to save their own lives. AMC's Breaking Bad: Elements of Style 2011-07-14T09:15:00Z

And I will promise to act with due regard to public morals and not commit any acts of moral turpitude holding the company up to contempt, scandal or ridicule. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: How about I rewrite that contract for you, Mr. Lawyer? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

Now, the nations of the world had a new moral compass for judging one another’s cultures. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z

He had this moral standard of masculinity, this Victorian sense of decorum. Meet the magician behind Sherlock Holmes 2011-11-13T04:57:31Z

The chief moral question that permeates the many subplots of “A Great Reckoning” is the vexing one of what elders owe to the young under their care. There’s a bit of Nancy Drew in Louise Penny’s masterful ‘A Great Reckoning’ 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The sexual politics of the series is deceptively nuanced and really quite moral. The Inbetweeners maps male sexuality 2011-08-19T13:30:02Z

Can going to a movie be a moral obligation? Review: In Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Must-See and Won’t-See Collide 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

It’s a dark, grimy spectacle of moral chaos. Cao Fei Captures Modern Malaise in a Series of Inventive Videos 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

It’s a cautionary tale with two morals: The truth comes out, whether you want it to or not. At This Book Club, the Truth Is About to Come Out. It’s Not Pretty. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

It’s a tough assignment, but Backderf knows exactly what he’s doing; he has performed the necessary moral calculus. My Friend Dahmer: The Unspeakable Horror of Life in the 1970s 2012-03-28T10:45:09Z

Mark Howland's lighting dramatically reflects the moral milieu, getting murkier as events unfold. Measure for Measure ? review 2010-11-22T21:30:00Z

His moral compass pointed to tolerance and kindness. A Year Without Oliver Sacks 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

The character is almost too precocious, prone to dropping George Bernard Shaw phrases into her speech — "Not that I want to make this woman's death into my own personal moral gymnasium." Anna Paquin shines in Margaret 2011-09-29T06:20:00Z

Voltaire's advice about cultivating one's garden was always moral as well as practical; nor was it a counsel of quietism. Ford Madox Ford's affair with Provence 2010-08-20T23:00:00Z

This is a real moral dilemma: Is it some kind of test? I’m sleeping in a tent! 2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

This is a moral conformity that is wholly undemocratic, unthinking, au courant and terrifyingly puritanical. Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

Maybe there’s a moral here, a general lesson for 21st-century theater. The ‘Wildcat’ Episode, or, Did Broadway Love Lucy? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Aristotle saw children as essentially moral beings in training, while Kant viewed morality as a simple matter of relationships between free and rational beings. First Person: Whose Picture Is It, Anyway? 2014-04-11T22:48:49Z

In the current political and moral climate, it is nice to know that Dante held cupidity – the desire for wealth – to be one of the most contemptible sins. Nicholas Lezard on Dante 2013-05-09T08:45:00Z

In other words, he’s missing so much — some of the greatest television ever made, much of it rich in instructive, metaphorical storytelling about power and moral consequence. Our president is a TV addict. It’s going to get the best of him, but he’ll never get the best of it. 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

He claims, however, that although he does not let his own daughters read them until they are 15, his books are moral works about 'redemption'. James Herbert interview: from the archive, 14 February 1993 2013-03-21T10:48:00Z

Still, even as presidents bent the laws of war to suit military need, Mr. Witt argues, those laws remained an important moral guidepost, if not one that always reduced suffering. ‘Lincoln’s Code,’ by John Fabian Witt 2012-10-10T21:53:50Z

They are not simply a social need, among others, competing for philanthropic dollars, but essential to the moral vision that animates genuine philanthropy. Perspective | A voice for the arts, and social justice, joins the National Gallery of Art board 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

And twenty states allow exemptions for personal, moral, or other beliefs. Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z

It is interesting that those who claim to defend the creation narrative from rationalist critiques ignore the fact that its deepest moral implications, a profound human bond and likeness, have been scientifically demonstrated. The Truth and Fiction of Adam and Eve 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Thus, Girlboss Marla is a profoundly execrable character — a warning for what happens when one's feminism is insular and detached from any larger moral universe. “I Care A Lot” is a stinging indictment of neoliberal “girlboss” feminism 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

They equate American soldiers’ accidental killing of civilians in Afghanistan with terrorist actions, which “denies one of the most basic and best understood moral distinctions: between premeditated murder and unintended killing.” ‘A Foreign Policy for the Left’ Review: Can There Be a ‘Decent’ Left? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Trump's presidency and movement are a moral crisis. Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Nowhere were the moral questions surrounding this more sharply highlighted that in the US in the late 19th century, where the Czech composer Dvorák found himself at the centre of a highly divisive debate. What pop music owes to the classical masters 2013-01-24T18:54:18Z

The army-issued medical manual offers advice on building latrines, soothing blisters with whale oil and providing “moral instruction for the soldier who misses the comforts of the wife.” Review | A med student gets a crash course in battle wounds and PTSD in ‘The Winter Soldier’ 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

In the moral logic of the tale, pragmatic considerations cannot be ignored, but empathy for the suffering takes precedence. Masters of Illustration Bring Breathtaking Art to These Seafaring Stories 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

But, later, the researcher can count the shared stickers, and have some approximation of the child’s moral fiber. Are kids from religious backgrounds really more selfish than their nonreligious peers? 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

“The morals of Stuyvesant are being corrupted!” one student wrote in an editorial for Stuyvesant’s official student paper, the Spectator. How a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Smashed the Gender Divide in American High Schools 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

There is moral ambivalence and some soul-searching from the protagonists. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

But the problem ultimately may lie in the overarching moral emphasis among the underdog pirates: too much honor, too little raising hell.  ‘The Pirates,’ a Korean Swashbuckler 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

The facts cannot be arranged to give them moral point. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

In time, and for various reasons — including what she described as a moral duty — she changed her mind and spoke to Brown on the record. Perspective | The claim against Kavanaugh is not a suspicious 11th-hour bombshell. Because we’re not in the 11th hour. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

In fact, there’s probably a stronger moral argument for adult children doing more to pay back their parents than giving them occasional hand-me-down gifts — not that our parents would want that. Is Supporting My Brother Worth the Insult to My Family? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Bus 174” seemed to mark him as a leftist and moral relativist, someone unwilling to look at a crime in isolation, without examining the social forces that account for it. 'Narcos' Episode 2 Recap: Death to Kidnappers 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

At last, the breadth of the novelistic world allows enough space for her characters to contain multitudes, for their interactions and the randomness of the world to complicate any moral judgments. Zadie Smith Experiments With Short Fiction 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Friday offers two Hitchcocks: In “Rope,” Mr. Stewart is the voice of moral reason while foiling Leopold-and-Loeb-like killers; in “The Wrong Man,” Mr. Fonda plays a jazz musician mistaken for a holdup man. 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

The collective change of heart needed to achieve convivencia today would require — in Ahmed’s own assessment — “a strong moral leadership reflecting both wisdom and compassion while transcending religious, cultural and national boundaries.” Can Islamic and European Civilizations Coexist? 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

This happened entirely because the drug companies decided that protecting their bottom-line profits was more important than saving lives, and because there was no moral force with the global power to stop them. Pick of the week: Big Pharma’s African genocide 2013-09-05T23:00:00Z