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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
Jefferson’s highly moralistic language castigating George III and the English government in the Declaration of Independence was not just propaganda, at least for Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The same moralistic dichotomy that Jefferson saw inside the United States between discernible heroes and villains, he also projected into the international arena. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
But "Middle Men" is also true to the film-noir formula in being relentlessly moralistic, or rather -- and this is an important aspect of the formula -- being titillating, cynical and moralistic all at the same time. "Middle Men": Heroes of the Internet-porn revolution 2010-08-05T15:01:00Z
It took only four years to bring Zorba’s affirmative antics, which seemed a nice match for the peculiarly moralistic hedonism of the 1960s, to Broadway. Review: ‘Zorba!’ Starring John Turturro 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z
A street preacher, perhaps the most minor of characters in Nathaniel Rich’s ambitious and metaphorically dense third novel, “King Zeno,” hangs moralistic signs on the back of his church wagon. A Novel of 1918 New Orleans, With Murder and All That Jazz 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z
As much as I say I don't think that one should be too obviously moralistic in their creative work, I also think that we have to avoid the urge to be purely escapist. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z
Critics at the time found the slogan simplistic and moralistic. On drugs, Nancy Reagan just said no. On AIDS, she said nothing. 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z
The filmmakers, who made “Leviathan,” the striking 2012 immersion into commercial fishing, seem to be arguing that Sagawa needs to be understood beyond moralistic preconceptions. Review: In ‘Caniba,’ a Killer Tries to Make His Case 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z
I don't think Glodell is delivering some moralistic treatise on the dangers of violent media, since he clearly loves it. Indie film discovers sci-fi spectacle 2011-08-02T21:01:00Z
On the other hand, Pottecher’s own plays — which formed the bulk of the repertoire from 1895 to his death in 1960, and had a strong moralistic streak — have long since fallen out of fashion. This Theater Brings Nature Right Into the Drama 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z
Even now, at the most acceptable point her career or private life has ever reached in our moralistic and artistically anorexic society, who is embracing her? Riff: How I Learned to Love Yoko Ono 2012-10-21T08:07:02Z
Enchanting and funny, it’s laced with sharp wisdom, moral without being moralistic. Dance Review: Twyla Tharp?s ?The Princess and the Goblin? 2012-02-13T00:28:50Z
“Gordon isn’t, strictly speaking, a naturalistic or realistic novelist, but rather a moralist, by which I don’t mean moralistic,” Francine Prose writes in her review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z
What it most resembles is a moralistic engraving about the dangers of greed. The Million Pound Drop Live 2010-05-26T16:51:00Z
A moralistic reading of “The Giving Tree” is challenged again and again by Silverstein’s other writing for children, as he consistently ended his books on a note of ambiguity. The Giving Tree at Fifty: Sadder Than I Remembered 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z
And we live in a moralistic time, when many audiences don’t want to see daylight between the text of a work and the beliefs of its creator. ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.) 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z
What’s striking is how little it matters, because Mary Gordon isn’t, strictly speaking, a naturalistic or realistic novelist, but rather a moralist, by which I don’t mean moralistic. What if We Pursued Vigilante Justice on Reality TV? 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z
The artist she commonly cites as a chief influence, however, is Jan Steen, a 17th century Dutch painter whose witty and spirited tableaux, set in taverns and kitchens, often illustrated moralistic proverbs. Julie Blackmon's absorbing photography of everyday Midwestern life — or is it? 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z
As different as the religious basis of these works may be, the Spanish and Dutch masters of the 17th century surpassed their predecessors by using imagery that was neither moralistic nor supernatural. Old Masters, Who Never Met, in Conversation 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z
And that became yet another generational conversation about whether integrity was better defined by Charles’s rather moralistic, old-school attitude or by Josh’s more accepting stance that people do what they have to do. ‘Younger’ Departs a Covid-Free New York, a Fantasy to the End 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z
But consider the labor involved for Gene Scheer, the librettist, who had to pare down a leviathan novel to performable length while maintaining Melville’s grand language and moralistic tone. Music Review: In ?Moby-Dick? in Dallas, Big Role for the Roiling Sea 2010-05-02T22:07:00Z
As amusing as these interludes are, they read as attempts to force an exaggerated sense of mystery into an ultimately simple and moralistic tale about the futility of vengeance. ‘Jinpa’ Review: Murder and Mystery in Tibet 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z
You wouldn't necessarily expect them to receive a reprimand for going; but then Hilaire Belloc's moralistic Cautionary Tales delivers a peculiarly fascinating form of telling off. Cautionary Tales ? review 2011-03-11T22:15:00Z
Starting with an idealistic cop’s laborious reconstruction of shredded financial documents, it aspires to some of the quotidian procedural force of “The Wire,” but Mr. Padilha’s moralistic and melodramatic instincts quickly assert themselves. TV Shows to Watch From Hong Kong, Brazil, Sweden and More 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z
You could interpret these scenes and others in moralistic terms, and certain overheard lines would seem to confirm that view. "Deadliest Catch's" captivating tale of addiction 2011-06-01T12:23:00Z
That Kissinger was willing to do this in ways that scandalized moralistic American liberals is more than fine by Kaplan. Foreign Policy From the Dark Side 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z
Part of the current controversy over Hill is generational, with a younger cohort deeming her moralistic — “judge-y,” as Morgan’s millennial goddaughter puts it. Expressing Complicated Love for Lauryn Hill as an Iconic Album Turns 20 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z
“Mad Men” largely evades this question; its driving philosophy has little to do with “moralistic” questions of human responsibility but rather the individual’s abiding unhappiness, and how modern capitalism intensifies it. “Breaking Bad’s” hell on earth 2012-07-15T14:30:00Z
Sharon voices anxieties that Rob is staying with her out of a moralistic sense of duty, which he half-confirms, forming the quiet resentment that underpins the first and second series. From Love to Girls – what TV's most toxic couples can teach us 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z
Middle-class lives do come unspooling in “Another Round,” but this odd little film turns out to be neither farce nor moralistic provocation. ‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z
"Adventure Time" has always succeeded in communicating a message without being moralistic, and this installment of "Distant Lands" is no different. HBO Max's magical and action-packed "Adventure Time" special is a tribute to heroic resistance 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z
With one swift act, I replaced my father’s humanistic view of lust for a moralistic, evangelical view. Jesus never gave Christmas porn 2013-12-23T01:00:00Z
It is also earnest in its portrayal of cynicism, without being overly moralistic. ‘Lost Illusions’ Review: The Sweet Smell of Success 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z
This is what partly saved Greatest Shows from being another programme poking fun and getting moralistic about TV from other cultures. Precision: The Measure of All Things; The Greatest Shows on Earth – TV review 2013-06-25T06:00:00Z
One of Riley’s “islands of identity” is called “goofball,” the antic side of her character, but Docter and Del Carmen endow her with only a mild, trivial, and highly moralistic sense of whimsy. The Curse of the Pixar Universe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z
A Brief History of Seven Killings": "I consider myself a moralistic writer. Marlon James' powerful mix of influences and cultures lands him the Man Booker Prize 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z
It was first attacked on release on conventional moralistic grounds and duly defended in the context of freedom, permissiveness and the sexual revolution. Bernardo Bertolucci: the brilliant last emperor of highbrow cinema 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z
With regard to the American 21st century, Gaddis’s favorite novelists and philosophers perhaps argue against both optional intercessions abroad and moralistic lead-from-behind recessionals. When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z
Nobody wants Entourage to be preachy or moralistic, but a bit more self-awareness wouldn't go amiss. Have you been watching ? Entourage 2011-03-22T14:19:48Z
Any decent art should be about a plurality of voices and stories, rather than a moralistic reinforcement of the status quo. Are you a female movie character? Are you promiscuous? Things won’t end well for you … 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z
The other main critique of Oliver’s performance was that it was unhelpfully moralistic. John Oliver’s newspaper rant hits a nerve: “We’ve watched it being not-so-slowly destroyed by forces beyond our control” 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z
Its aim: to “get rid of everything that smacks of journalism, worms, everything nice and right, blinkered, moralistic, europeanised, enervated.” Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z
Or do the moralistic pronouncements about Russia as a Third Rome, saving a fallen Western world, provide the key? Book Review Podcast: Putin's Reign 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z
Kojima offers a kind of religious, moralistic view, saying that, by allowing the beatings to happen, their physical suffering has worth. Review | Mieko Kawakami’s ‘Heaven’ follows a bullied boy searching for meaning 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z
At first, this seemed reprehensible — a moralistic rap star was funneling his influence into a sneaker company’s protest fantasy during a time when actual protests were taking place across the country. Is it even still possible to ‘sell out’? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z
Author of textbooks on physics, chemistry, geology and, most popular, botany, Phelps also wrote moralistic novels, which she read to her students in the evenings. How a garden once lost to history is being brought back into bloom 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z
But Ms. Heller is frank without being exploitative and morally serious without being moralistic. New Directors/New Films Festival Gives Spotlight to Youth 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z
He did not want to tell a moralistic tale of heroes and oppressors, or to offer some kind of collective catharsis that revealed a path forward for the country. Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Promise’ 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z
But it does suffer a bit from a third act that's drawn-out and moralistic in a way that suggests the censorious Production Code is still in force. 'Mother and Child': Tale of 3 women showcases splendid cast 2010-05-20T20:10:00Z
This is a moralistic tale of a young girl who loves to dance but is a tomboy but who likes pink but isn't graceful but loves to dance... Family reviews: a selection 2012-11-18T12:00:00Z
As a result, it delivers a moralistic ending that is as simple and bland as the titular room. ‘The Immaculate Room’ Review: A Blank Slate 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z
But the play that follows is pretty moralistic, even scolding. Evan Cabnet Directs Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Poor Behavior’ 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z
It is an extreme iteration of the more judgmental and moralistic strains we encounter in modern parenting. Art or Porn: When Does Posting Nude Photos of a Toddler Cross the Line? 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z
So he devised a plan to wipe out the entire government in one fell swoop — except for the highly persuadable and overly moralistic secretary of housing and urban development, of course. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 10: Fireworks 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z
He had a moralistic streak, striking a congressman off a Camp David invitation list because he was living with a woman outside marriage. Was Jimmy Carter the Most Underrated President in History? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z
The outraged moralistic public was unaware that the Fisher-Reynolds marriage was already in tatters. Elizabeth Taylor obituary 2011-03-23T14:01:48Z
Ever since Friends we've accepted that American sitcoms have to be happy and moralistic but It's Always Sunny proves that isn't true. TV from the outer limits of the EPG 2013-02-23T06:00:00Z
As in novels by Jack London, and a slew of moralistic action movies, Rebeck uses this harsh frontier as a backdrop for Darwinian survival — and the greed, revenge, death and retribution that attend it. 'The Bells' at Strawshop: haunting landscape, haunting secret 2012-02-03T00:18:04Z
“I thought he was too clearly moralistic. I discovered I was clearly wrong.” Broadway’s man of the moment: Ivo van Hove 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z
His advice ranges from moralistic to life-affirming — “You should stop asking ‘to be or not to be,’ and adopt the child immediately” — with occasional wisenheimer asides. Books of The Times: ‘A Bintel Brief’ Is Liana Finck’s Graphic Book of Letters 2014-04-22T22:00:27Z
Now if the redounding is too blunt and obvious, then what you get is a moralistic parable and not literature. The search for decolonial love 2012-07-02T20:54:00Z
The show needs moralistic centrepoints like these to anchor it, particularly with everyone else seemingly on a mindless killing spree. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode three recap – Monster 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z
Libertarian ideology became briefly attractive, because I had sensed that the left was growing too moralistic in its articulation of policy proposal. My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don't 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z
The press has become more moralistic than in previous decades, and social media is a jittery engine for outrage. A Kobe Bryant Joke Goes Wrong, Revealing Comedy’s Troll Side 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z
People used that opening to become moralistic and judgmental. Ten Minutes With Sportswriter Joe Posnanski 2010-03-24T02:30:00Z
The movie’s story about a rampaging gang resembles the moralistic juvenile delinquent melodramas of the previous decade; but Corman adopts a less judgmental tone. Peter Fonda: 7 Great Movies to Stream 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z
But those who prize this prolific playwright for his pitch-dark sensibility need not fear that he’s taken a turn for the lighthearted, or for that matter the moralistic. Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z
But it needs to really shift from this kind of highly moralistic, punitive view. Why can’t law enforcement admit their mistakes? 2012-10-21T14:00:00Z
The opening scene is a deliberately moralistic prelude that soon opens into a riveting, thought-provoking piece of theater. Review: A Scalding Take on Race in ‘White Guy on the Bus’ 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z
These fragments — some scrutable, others barely — add up to a sentiment of moralistic uplift. Music Review: ?Satyagraha,? by Philip Glass, at Met Opera - Review 2011-11-06T22:10:16Z
Its alcoholic repute was in part due to moralistic protests against the tune during the Prohibition era, when Congress was deciding whether to make it the official national anthem. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z
These include implicit, gentle rebukes of the moralistic and hypocritical code that governs imperial Britain. Bradley Cooper in 'The Elephant Man' on Broadway 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z
The show is candid, unaffected, breezily intelligent; moralistic, too, in the later galleries. The Disappearing World of Wolfgang Tillmans 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z
You argue this bolsters the moralistic and law enforcement approaches. Addiction is a learning disorder: Why the war on drugs is useless, AA undermines treatment, and addiction studies can learn a lot from autism 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z
"I consider myself a moralistic writer," he says. Marlon James' views of a crime in 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z
Divided into chapters, “Soft in the Head” builds — a tad moralistically — to a finale in which the protagonist is confronted with the selfishness of her self-destruction. Movie Review: Worlds Collide in ‘Soft in the Head,’ by Nathan Silver 2014-04-18T00:33:24Z
These days, Quentin Tarantino himself is pretty much a moralistic old fogey, compared to the casualness of mass death in most popcorn-spectacle movies. “Guardians of the Galaxy”: Marvel’s goofy, exhausting and faintly fascist new franchise 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z
Save perhaps for the moralistic monkey bars of “American Ninja Warrior,” you sense that all reality is rigged, one way or another. Perspective | Here’s to the class-conflicted, workplace-inappropriate ‘Below Deck’ — TV’s ideal mental vacation 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z
The lessons dished out by their experiences are never moralistic but, as the situation deteriorates around them, the larger ethical and strategic impossibility of their position and purpose becomes unavoidable. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z
While translating Poe's works into French in the 1850s and 1860s, the French poet Charles Baudelaire promoted his hero as a kind of countercultural visionary, out of step with a moralistic, materialistic America. How Edgar Allan Poe became the darling of the maligned and misunderstood 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z
But not everyone is a fan of its moralistic themes. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like’ and ‘Gad Elmaleh: American Dream’ 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z
I felt people were kind of moralistic in the way they talked about the environment. The True and False Virtues of the Left 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z
But reviving “Gigi” in 2015 is a challenge for another reason: the paradox that Americans are, more than fifty years on, after a revolution in mores, less prudish yet more moralistic than their parents. Good, Clean, Fun: A Revival of “Gigi” 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z
Consequently, Belknap probes Tolstoy’s moralistic criticisms of Shakespeare and charts the influence of Gogol on Dostoevsky. ‘Meanwhile, back at the ranch’ and other storytelling tricks explained in ‘Plots’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z
Bouzid’s strength is that she makes this point without any moralistic judgments. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z
“This year’s jury is so moralistic and consensual.” Gaspar Noé: 'Six people walked out of Climax? No! I usually have 25%' 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z
Right now all we get is new, moralistic language sprinkled upon the same old story — and by the way, applying that language exclusively to American history can only be called myopic. Gehry’s Quiet Interventions Reshape the Philadelphia Museum 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z
Middleton's play is admittedly a hybrid: a mix of moralistic tragedy and satiric comedy. Review|Theatre|Women Beware Women, Olivier, London|Michael Billington 2010-04-27T23:29:00Z
The moralistic conclusion of the film contains its subversive antithesis, its politically unacceptable longing for the past. What “Neighbors” and “Chef” can teach us about white male privilege 2014-05-10T16:30:00Z
Frank wasn’t interested in pat or moralistic stories. Wanting to See Like Robert Frank 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z
There is no one more moralistic, more coercive, than a hedonist. Adam Phillips on the happiness myth 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z
Hold out for the film's debut in China later this month and you're in for an altogether more moralistic experience. The China-fication of Hollywood blockbusters 2013-05-04T05:00:00Z
“They are,” he says, “callow, sententious, moralistic, and full of rubbish.” Exhibition Review: Diarists Share Tales ? True or Not ? of Lives Richly Lived 2011-01-21T19:10:36Z
For her, the movement would benefit from distancing itself from its moralistic image, appearing instead more like an approachable lifestyle brand. ‘Battleground’ Review: A Look at the Anti-Abortion Movement 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z
“Is this moral reflection,” Caldwell asked, “or moralistic preening?” A Modern Jeremiah Sees National Decline Everywhere He Looks 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z
With science, logic, and experience, Szalavitz debunks old, moralistic ideas and replaces them with elegant new ones. Addiction is a learning disorder: Why the war on drugs is useless, AA undermines treatment, and addiction studies can learn a lot from autism 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z
Clark boldly reclaims American Christianity for the left, depicting a demanding faith of radical humanism, without pious displays or moralistic dogma, in service to love. The Best Movies I Saw at SXSW 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z
Not to get too moralistic, but would you agree that if you're going to tax your body the way heavy drinking does, you ought to feel somewhat toxified the next day? One man spent a decade studying hangovers. He may have found a cure. 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z
Kinsey begins his own course, with a much franker and less moralistic content than the usual. Kinsey: No sexing-up required 2010-07-08T09:14:00Z
On one side of the cultural divide, the pro-books side, our answers align against moralistic messages, against utility, against excisions of any kind. What Kind of Town Bans Books? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z
Earthy and noble, funny and magical, slyly vengeful and moralistic, "The Magic Flute" was intended for audiences from all walks of life. 'The Magic Flute': feathers, fun and Masons 2011-04-29T21:46:38Z
Instead, “Adieu Godard” rehashes regressive stereotypes, taking potshots at a mute “simpleton” and turning Shilpa into a vessel for a muddled, moralistic lesson on misogyny. ‘Adieu Godard’ Review: A Poor Imitation 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z
Public policy thus maintained its moralistic and puritanical slant well into the 1930s. Addiction is not a disease: How AA and 12-step programs erect barriers while attempting to relieve suffering 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z
The film is by no means is an easy watch but does an important job testifying to the suffering of inmates and probing the hypocrisies of the moralistic. Clip joint: nuns 2012-11-14T15:27:04Z
Unable to air dark feelings, she echoed the moralistic Midwest bravado I'd been force-fed, stuck in the kind of conservative, repressed milieu I'd escaped. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z
But antihero dramas and cringe comedies became so widespread that they developed their own clichés, just like the older, moralistic shows they reacted against. How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z
Publicists and studios exerted stringent control over stars’ lives, and tried to control reporting about them, because general social standards of behavior were, at least in the public realm, stringently moralistic and harshly judgmental. The End of Brangelina and the Rise of Acteurism 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z
It's highly moralistic, rather sentimental, and it's animating an inanimate object. Hans Christian Andersen's first fairytale found 2012-12-13T12:01:07Z
Growing up in Calcutta, the former capital of British India, but exposed to global culture, the director, known simply as Q, wants to challenge a society he describes as "highly moralistic and post-Victorian". The new Indian cinema: sex, crime and censorship 2012-06-21T19:30:01Z
A moralistic inclination also sets much of the tone for the biographical interplay of Mulholland, Griffith and McPherson. Los Angeles as the City of Dreams, and Nightmares 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z
Together, the chapters form a loose condemnation of prohibition as both policy and moralistic stance. The Business of Drugs: inside the economics of America's longest war 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z
On television, they’re portrayed as tough, hard-as-nails, and mysterious; some are selfish, while others highly moralistic, making it hard to tell whether they fight for good or for evil in their binary fictional worlds. The 9 coolest fictional fixers, ranked 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z
Prudes are going to be prudish, so no point in trying to appease them in a show that’s all about the havoc that’s wrought when human biology is denied by moralistic zealots. Review: Abortion bans make 2023 America feel even more like ‘Spring Awakening’s’ 19th century Germany 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z
“They are largely using moralistic language, theological language, religious language to justify them oppressing queer and trans folk.” After years of erasure, Black queer leaders rise to prominence in Congress and activism 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z
Not only is this a deeply moralistic view, but also it's an unscientific one. Thanks for nothing, DEA. 50 years later, drugs are deadlier and more abundant than ever 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z
She was also extremely rigid, moralistic and self-punishing and was quick to lash out with an acerbic tongue, including at me. A New Therapy for Multiple Personality Disorder Helps a Woman with 12 Selves 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z
After developing his theology and winning many converts, Calvin colluded with the city council of Geneva to enforce a whole set of moralistic laws that regulated almost every aspect of behavior. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s not news that we live in a moralistic, judgmental age. Review | What would Freud say about our online behavior? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z
His take on the U.S. drug crisis displays a conservative, moralistic inclination. Mexico's president, saying the U.S. is suffering from moral decay, offers some advice 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z
Swedish media outlets welcomed the move to abolish the dance permits, which have been called outdated and moralistic. Swedish govt moves to get rid of permits needed for dancing 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z
It’s dangerous, of course, to be moralistic about history. Perspective | Learning an old lesson from the Tudors: Grifters gonna grift 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z
“A moralistic ban has been placed on spatial illusionism,” he wrote. Philip Pearlstein, painter who mastered the nude, dies at 98 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z
Gargash said some countries, which he did not name, were loading ties with "moralistic baggage and other interests", adding politics has to be "more realistic if you want results". UAE official says European ties with Gulf 'should not be transactional' 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z
She notes only that Adams relied on a deep, moralistic faith derived from his Puritan forebears — and that he reacted against his father’s financial woes reaped from a controversial land bank of the early 1740s. Review | Should we celebrate Samuel Adams, or condemn him? 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z
Jurors at the trial of Benjamin Mendy have been told not to take a "moralistic" approach when considering their verdicts. Benjamin Mendy: Jurors told not to take moralistic approach to verdict 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z
The film’s new ending reflects the increasingly moralistic bent of top Chinese officials, who have called on artists to spread “socialist core values” in their performances. In China’s Version of ‘Minions’ Movie, Morality Triumphs 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z
In fact, citizens in moralistic cultures have little patience for corruption and believe that politicians should be motivated by a desire to benefit the community rather than by a need to profit financially from service. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
"The newly tweaked platforms were almost perfectly designed to bring out our most moralistic and least reflective selves," he wrote this past May in The Atlantic. Researchers ask: Does enforcing civility stifle online debate? 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z
Wade in June, the media tended to cover abortion as if it were a contentious issue splitting Americans, usually by focusing on these moralistic polls and ignoring the ones focused on laws and access. Kansas abortion win is a wake-up call: Americans do not want GOP bans 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z
"You must judge this case on the evidence you have heard and not allow any moralistic view that you have about this behaviour to cloud your judgement." Benjamin Mendy: Jurors told not to take moralistic approach to verdict 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z
Today, it is often Modi’s supporters on the Indian right, including many Hindu nationalists, who grouse that the United States is moralistic, fickle and prone to lecturing India about human rights and religious freedoms. In India, a U.S. partner, Modi’s base is inundated with anti-U.S. commentary on Ukraine 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z
The moralistic political culture developed among the Puritans in upper New England. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
Because of the church’s influence, the majority of Quebec followed the religion’s moralistic rules: Premarital sex was a sin, abortion was illegal and unwed child rearing was discouraged. After discovering six adopted brothers and sisters, these siblings believe their story is more than a sprawling family secret
Since the first days of our nation, she explained, the moralistic forces of temperance, the “drys,” had railed against the evils of alcohol. How a struggling socialite convinced the world alcoholism is a disease 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z
Still, Goodell’s deep moralistic streak is said to be genuine, and lately he has seemed to aspire to be more than just a functionary-enabler of the league’s most immanent moral ills, racism, misogyny and homophobia. Perspective | In NFL’s latest crisis of public trust, Roger Goodell is nowhere to be found 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z
I do not think it was very moralistic. 'I saw it in a movie': Man's attempt to smuggle drugs in Bible arrested in career first for cop 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z
In Elazar’s model, citizens from moralistic states should be more likely to donate their time and/or resources to political campaigns and to vote. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
But Sunny and Lupe live in South Dakota, where a moralistic pharmacist refuses to sell them the medication under the state’s “conscience clause,” and the nearest Planned Parenthood is three hours away. Review | This raunchy teen comedy is also a genuinely moving testament to sisterhood and abiding friendship 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z
“The ‘Saw’ universe has always been about teaching moralistic lessons,” Bousman says. 'Spiral: From the Book of Saw.' It's dark. It's bloody. And, yes, it's a Chris Rock movie. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z
The names of the groups have changed over the years — they used to sound German, now they sound moralistic — but the problem hasn't. The far right in uniform: How bad is the military's problem with extremism? 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z
Claiming to act out of "faith", no matter how much you're lying, puts a moralistic veneer on the deeply immoral beliefs that actually drive conservatives. Trump's defense of Matt Gaetz is a major problem for the GOP 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z
Finally, in Elazar’s view, citizens in moralistic cultures are more likely to support individuals who earn their positions in government on merit rather than as a reward for party loyalty. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
But reporter Mike Wallace, using the terminology of the time, is repeatedly tripped up by his moralistic commentary. Cured: How mental illness was used as a tool against LGBT rights 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z
Voice of conservatism, moralistic patriot and courageous lion against liberalism? Opinion | Let’s not mince words about Limbaugh’s legacy 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z
It is very moralistic, very intent on blaming people. "A moment of moral and political nihilism": Theologian Adam Kotsko on our current crisis 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z
William, a lumbering man in his 50s, tries to outrun an unseen evil with 6-year-old girl Brooklyn, who tells him four different moralistic and horrific stories to keep her mind off the impending danger. Movies on TV this week: 'Rear Window'; 'Citizen Kane' and more 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z
As a result, unlike the case in moralistic cultures, voters do not pay much attention to the personalities of the candidates when deciding how to vote and are less tolerant of third-party candidates. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
This sets in motion a tragic series of events that Cohn laudably, if moralistically, allows to play through without adding a nice, tidy bow. Review: 'The Last Shift' takes aim at white privilege in the working class, but it fails to ignite 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z
Deeply Christian, and deeply moralistic, Stewart's lean into Black self-improvement had cast aspersions as much as inspiration on her own free community. Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z
‘In 1983, Margaret Thatcher swept to general election victory on a moralistic platform of “Victorian values”. The antidote: your favourite reads beyond coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z
Why do humans sometimes become close-minded and moralistic when we think about our death rather than focusing on helping others? Coping with ‘Death Awareness’ in the COVID-19 Era 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z
While moralistic cultures expect and encourage political participation by all citizens, traditionalistic cultures are more likely to see it as a privilege reserved for only those who meet the qualifications. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
He was the least moralistic moral writer of our time. Get Shorty at 30: Dennis Lehane on Elmore Leonard's Hollywood satire 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z
So why does Trump continue to call on Acosta, who tends to turn his questions into moralistic speeches? Trump breaks through media static by whacking Sotomayor, Ginsburg, CNN 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z
But this time, instead of hopped-up teenagers hurling moralistic condemnation at mediocre TV shows, it was middle-aged men condemning a 220-page financial statement on Twitter, in real time. Why WeWork went wrong 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z
The White House was quite moralistic about the recent brief mention of the name of the president’s teenage son in the media. Opinion | Greta Thunberg’s autism is not an issue. Climate change is. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z
Second, citizens who hail from moralistic states should be more likely to vote because elections are truly contested. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
Her dad, Barry, was quite laid back and easygoing, but her mum was very religious and moralistic. 'Our parents ran a secret gay porn empire' 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z
The text had an angry voice, accusing and moralistic, not at all apologetic. My ringside seat on the decade: 'At times it was just me and Greta' 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z
The jig is up, and no one really believes in the moralistic posturing anymore. Why evangelicals won't care about Jerry Falwell Jr.'s apparent sex scandal 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z
People don’t realize that because his public pronouncements sounded very moralistic. Look out Notre Dame, the Falwells have big plans for Liberty football 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z
But if those steps benefit shareholders, moralistic appeals aren’t necessary to justify them, nor are pledges to ensure that the CEOs follow through. Opinion | It’s hard to argue against firms looking beyond investors. But let me try. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z
That might suggest a naively romanticized view of sex work, the flip side of the moralistic finger-wagging that too often accompanies movies on the subject. Review: A sex worker gets his close-up in the jagged, moving French drama ‘Sauvage/Wild’ 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z
This pesky problem led to plenty of moralistic psychobabble about the quality of Cohen’s repentance, the nature of redemption, and the possibility of recidivism. Loyalty to Trump cost Michael Cohen everything. Republicans pay heed | Richard Wolffe 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z
Many of the arguments against taxes on the wealthy are “moralistic” rather than empirical. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right. A 70% tax on the rich makes sense | Nathan Robinson 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z
“In a way the world was more moralistic and so to be transgressive was a must in the ’60s and ’70s. Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director of ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ dies at 77 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z
Bishop-Stall told the Guardian: “The most obvious reason is just a sort of moralistic one. Doctors who are pressed for time say: ‘Why am I going to waste my time on this? How to cure a hangover: what one man found after a 10-year quest 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
And with a purported army of tens of thousands of followers, Alan Abel set out on a moralistic crusade to clothe “any animal that stands higher than 4 inches or longer than 6.” Alan Abel, professional hoaxer and ‘20th-century court jester,’ dies at 94 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z
Mr. O’Dea said the decision to renew the contract was made with “income revenue” in mind and not from a “moralistic” point of view. Democrats Battle Over a New Jersey Jail’s Contract With ICE 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z
In the film, the hospital is governed by a board of stern, moralistic men dedicated to helping the deserving poor. Lily Cole: why I made a film about 'violent, awful' Heathcliff 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z
“One of the things WHO did in their description of the criteria is say specifically, 'You can’t make the diagnosis of the compulsive disorder just due to shame or moralistic thoughts and feelings,'” Carnes said. WHO recognizes compulsive sexual behavior disorder as a mental health condition 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
The moralistic Mr. Comey let the FBI get swept into a politicized crusade. James Comey’s Judgment Days 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z
I am struck by the precision and insight in his interactions with others and himself and that honed cynicism that is never moralistic or judgmental. Top writers choose their perfect crime 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z
Ríos Montt’s government was known for faceless judges presiding over summary trials of suspected subversives, and for moralistic Sunday night TV messages. Ex-Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt dies aged 91 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z
Rios Montt’s government was known for faceless judges presiding over summary trials of suspected subversives, and for moralistic Sunday night TV messages from the strongman who had become a born-again evangelical Christian. Lawyer: Ex-Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt dies at 91 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z
Identity politics has been criticised by the left as “a moralistic, self-indulgent anti-politics” that fails to confront society’s material conditions. The far right hates vaginas. Why doesn’t this anger the left more? | Marina Prentoulis 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z
"You could call it moralistic, but I found it very moving — that it is destructive, hurting someone that you love very deeply." Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and the sci-fi sisterhood behind 'Annihilation' 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z
Beyond that, though, “I look at it pragmatically, not moralistically. I think, ‘We’re here now, we need to change the system, so we need everyone at the table.’ Iceland's new leader: 'People don't trust our politicians' 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z
Bush yielded to the empathetic Bill Clinton; the undisciplined Clinton to the moralistic George W. Bush; the swaggering Bush to the cerebral Obama; the deliberative Obama to the impulsive Trump. One year in, is Donald Trump's presidency a fluke or a political turning point? 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z
During the 80s, the aggressively pro-business governments of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan strengthened the power of employers, and used welfare cuts and moralistic rhetoric to create a much harsher environment for people without jobs. Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z
I certainly did not tut moralistically over it, but at the same time I was not entirely sure, at the age of 11, about how to think about such things. Janis Joplin: the singer who screamed a very American pain 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z
And the moralistic conflation of the inappropriate sex of “sex scandals” with reports of sexual exploitation and predatory molestation is at last being disentangled. How litigation laid the ground for accountability after #MeToo | Catharine A MacKinnon 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z
Created by Rod Sterling, the original show premiered on CBS in 1959, telling a series of moralistic, self-contained science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories each week. Jordan Peele will resurrect The Twilight Zone for CBS All Access 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z
“These are conservative groups with intolerant tendencies, who use a moralistic, prejudiced message to mobilise an increasingly massed and unthinking response.” 'This exhibition contains nudity': the front line of Brazil's culture wars 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z
I wasn't thinking about it from a moralistic view of not killing a baby. Why I kept my rapist's baby 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z
This side of her – the violence, rage and substance abuse – is usually depicted as her “dark side”, like some fairytale moralistic counterpoint to her beauty, fame, and wealth. Naomi Campbell: ‘People try to use your past to blackmail you. I won’t allow it’ 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z
Did you receive an overbearing religious or moralistic education that taught you carnal doings brought sin? Why don’t I enjoy sex? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Nichi Hodgson 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z
Most advocates on both sides voice indignant, moralistic conclusions about the plight of innovation, the future of the internet, and the fate of the world if they don’t get their way. How the FCC Redefined the Internet 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z
Vir became a rare example of a background character who grows in importance over the course of the story, whose seemingly naïve moralistic qualities become the most important guide for the characters around him. Steven Furst’s role on Babylon 5 was a remarkable example of a sci-fi sidekick 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z
It follows that the solution is not individual and moralistic, but collective and political. It's not just the 1%. The upper-middle class is oppressing everyone else, too | Jamie Peck 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z
One is an moralistic aristocrat with a superiority complex about Western civilization who autocratically thrusts their warped notion of “justice” upon the world. Superhero films are bad for democracy 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z
As she aged, her poems became more moralistic, and Moore herself became a literary celebrity, seen about town in her cape and her tricorn hat. Marianne Moore was a singular voice 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z
The Protestant north had a rigid and moralistic attitude towards debt while the Catholic south, with its culture of confession and absolution, took a more happy-go-lucky view, he once said. Emmanuel Macron has a history buff’s view of Islam and religious strife 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z
When Margaret Atwood penned the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” in 1985, a moralistic Christian conservative was in his second term in the White House and the Religious Right was ascendant. Watch these conservatives do mental gymnastics to convince themselves “The Handmaid’s Tale” isn’t about them 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z
Most of the first third is a moralistic high school melodrama about the dangers of bullying. The details are messy in nonsensical revenge thriller 'Devil's Domain' 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z
Here are some reasons to hate Elizabeth Gaskell’s The Life of Charlotte Brontë: it is moralistic and stultifying; it flattens Brontë’s brilliantly transgressive nature and confines her to a saccharine version of Victorian female victimhood. Elizabeth Gaskell: Charlotte Brontë's unlikely defender against prurient gossip 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z
Even after the missile strike in Syria, an attack that many human-rights lawyers and liberal internationalists defended, Trump tried to avoid moralistic language, framing the attack as a deterrent that would promote stability. Steve Bannon’s Nationalist Team Prepares for the Long Game 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z
Rex Tillerson may have a realist streak and Nikki Haley a moralistic style, but neither one has been part of these debates before. All the president’s generals 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z
But in liberating the sport from its monochromatic, moralistic past, you became a captive of your legacy. A Note to Tiger Woods: Victory Isn’t the Only Path to Joy 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z
It is, by almost any gauge, not only self-serving but also plainly wrong — moralistic rather than moral. Has the Trump budget blown Republican’s cover? 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z
It’s a moralistic attitude that Malick transforms, through sheer formal intensity, into something almost metaphysical. Terrence Malick's 'Song to Song' finds beauty, frustration and hope in the Austin music scene 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z
The legislation would also ensure a doctor’s right to invoke their “personal, moralistic, or religious beliefs” in refusing to perform an elective vasectomy or prescribe Viagra. Jessica Farrar, Texas Democrat, proposes ‘satirical’ bill penalizing men for masturbation 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z
Although this may be one of the things replacing traditional religion, it only works because it does not seem “religious”, moralistic, or cut off from the world around it. The Guardian view on celebrity deaths: a dramatic meaning | Editorial 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z
The evident contradiction of American politicians making such moralistic pronouncements is further compounded by the history of literal U.S.-backed terrorism in Cuba. American criticism of Cuba on human rights is total hypocrisy, given our history of terrorizing the island 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z
I hope that the exhilaration of so much self-righteous moralistic finger pointing is worth the easily foreseen "unforeseen" consequences. After Unsteady Steps to Punish Domestic Violence, N.F.L. Faces Scrutiny Again 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z
It seems wrapped up in the FMLN’s origin story, in which guerillas appealed to ordinary Salvadorans through moralistic messages and rousing songs. Can a millennial mayor save one of the world’s most violent cities? | Lauren Markham 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z
Does anyone covet the reaction of moralistic baseball fans eager to rub your disloyalty in your face? As the Cubs look to exorcise their ghosts, I've already buried mine 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z
Some of her new work was criticized as unsubtle or moralistic. The Fantastic Ursula K. Le Guin 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z
The German economic view, analysts say, is dominated by moralistic judgments and a grave fear of inflation. Europe May Finally End Its Painful Embrace of Austerity 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z
If Trump’s history paved the way for moralistic media coverage of those kinds of affairs, he seems now to be neutralizing these stories as a force. Gennifer Flowers, Donald Trump and the Making of the Sex-Scandal Culture 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z
The article, headlined “Saint Hillary,” won much praise, but Clinton read it as a caricature that only solidified her public image as a moralistic, know-it-all crusader. Is she ‘likable enough’? 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z
I thought he might say something about who had a more moralistic view of weight, or who was more trusting of the medical system. The Surgical Solution to Obesity? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z
He was not antidrug in a moralistic way, but alarmed by the deforestation caused by coca cultivation, his daughter said. The Secret History of Colombia’s Paramilitaries and the U.S. War on Drugs 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z
“She wasn’t overly moralistic or judgmental,” Harrison said. Joy Browne, radio psychologist who counseled and cheered millions, dies at 71 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z
Joe is a prototypical working class American male – stout, thick, jovial, moralistic, but with a puckish curiosity about how the other half lives. As Kaepernick's racial injustice protest hits the road, a country begins to talk 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z
He said state corrections departments often oppose treatment for transgender inmates for two reasons: the cost and the “political and moralistic.” Transgender inmate latest to push for hormone treatment 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z
Not in a moralistic sense, but to feel that you’re a part of something larger than yourself. Milton Glaser Still Hearts New York 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z
On race, sex or the environment the moralistic left seems to think it can keep the population incarcerated forever on vague, unproven charges of cultural guilt. The Trumpen Proletariat 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z
“This idea that we’re going to step away from a purely ideological, moralistic approach to try new things and see what works.” A radical approach to gun crime: paying people not to kill each other | Jason Motlagh 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z
But to these moralistic minions, intolerant of so much, his very visible sins are ignored. This is an American tragedy: Republicans must step up and defeat Donald Trump 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z
The term itself encourages moralistic responses to actions that are often unintentional and sometimes even well-meaning. Hard Truths About Race on Campus 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z
One thing he's truly moralistic about is the use of artificial vocal enhancement by subpar artists, which in his view has reduced mainstream pop to a "weak diet" of sugary junk. Where music meets religion: What an L.A. Times writer learned spending a night with Prince in 2009 2009-01-11T05:00:00Z
Social standing, as well as salaries, were managed through a combination of army hierarchy and the zone’s moralistic bylaws. Story of cities #16: how the US-run Canal Zone divided Panama for a century 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z
The beginning of Fifa’s moralistic push might be traced to the late 1980s, not long after Maradona’s “hand of God”, with the beginning of its Fair Play campaign. The fall: how diving became football’s worst crime | Alejandro Chacoff 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z
This is a common and moralistic trope those battling an addiction have long dealt with – that it is all the fault of their weakness. Mocked and forgotten: who will speak for the American white working class? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z
Our common mission is to keep the literature truthful and reliable, and to accomplish that we should be pragmatic, not moralistic. Set up a ‘self-retraction’ system for honest errors 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z
It's best not to be moralistic about these things, though. The new Hitman game turns assassination into art 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z
But the higher a participant rated their God as moralistic, knowledgeable and punishing, the fairer they were to the distant stranger of the same faith. Fear of a vengeful God may explain humanity’s global expansion 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z
Then, he accused Mr. Clinton’s critics of being moralistic hypocrites, applying to the then-president standards from which they excuse themselves. Better Call Saul 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z
"Guard Down," which features both Kanye West and Diddy, feels like an afterthought — reverent and moralistic, padded by a broken triangle beat. Ty Dolla $ign’s debut album finds pleasure in self-constructed excess 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z
It does not mean . . . that writers should write moralistically, like preachers. How I Read My Way Through Postpartum Depression 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z
Mr. Bush’s reply is polite and sensitive, but at times clinical and moralistic — he writes of “contractual obligations.” Jeb Bush's Emails as Governor Show His Feelings on Same-Sex Marriage 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z
Of course, it’s not just the media that likes to get moralistic about Moss. The brilliant thing about Kate Moss is that she can never be shamed 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z
Yet Roosevelt’s colorful life and accomplishments distract us from an essential part of him: the profoundly moralistic worldview that fired his progressive zeal. The Christian Roots of Modern Environmentalism 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z
Seeing violence outside a moralistic lens required a radically different approach. Violence is contagious: Stopping its transmission became the mission of the man who’d fought TB and cholera in Somalia 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z
And in that case, it’s just a cynical revenue grab dressed up in moralistic clothing. First They Taxed Soda; Now They're Coming For Your Water 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z
Mr. Huckabee caught on in his first campaign in part because he comes across as a genial, empathetic man who can promote a kind of moral populism without seeming moralistic. Enter Mike Huckabee 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z
"Foul-mouthed, moralistic, atheistic, theatrical; the first big production from the new regime at the Royal National Theatre grabs your attention but it is also a dumbed-down jumble," said the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts. Everyman 'spectacle' opens at National Theatre - BBC News 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z
“We have become a party that is extraordinarily judgmental about people’s lives, almost moralistic in our tone,” Ridge said. Same-sex marriage debate forces GOP contenders to tread carefully 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z
In our time, economic and financial questions tend to become moralistic. The 'Grexit' Issue and the Problem of Free Trade 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z
Upon his return to America, he began campaigning for a cleanup of the life insurance business, setting a strict, even moralistic tone that persists to this day. Risky Moves in the Game of Life Insurance 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z
This debate is the latest that falls along the fault lines of familiar but contradictory American heritages, pitting moralistic puritanical ideals against the anti-government values of the frontier. Sports gambling in United States: Too prevalent to remain illegal? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z
Research reveals that such judgments are swayed by incidental emotions and perceptions—for instance, people become more moralistic when they feel dirty or sense contamination, such as in the presence of moldy food. Harsher Punishments for the Obese and Hippies 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z
He was sometimes a bit moralistic about his realism. Our austere, disciplined man on national security 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z
The academics concluded that “the widely promoted standard” of home-cooking that all mothers are held to is “moralistic” and “rather elitist.” Burden or blessing? Survey slams women’s ‘utopian’ joy of cooking 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z
The very fact that our narrative is not about something that’s moralistic in the sense that we’re not forcing you to side with a certain camp expresses this. Interview: How Assassin's Creed Unity Navigates the French Revolution's Politics 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z
“There’s perhaps a more moralistic strain to American sports than there is elsewhere,” Collins said. Sports gambling in United States: Too prevalent to remain illegal? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z
Riffing off the Frog Pond in the Boston Common, Poe called the local swells “Frogpondians,” their moralistic works sounding like the croaking of so many frogs. Edgar Allan Poe’s Feud With Boston? Nevermore 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z
But there is something especially grating about leaders who push moralistic causes, thus inviting judgment of their own behaviour, while overseeing scams. Because we’re worth it 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z
The worst thing about this tax is the heavy-handed, moralistic condescension that supports it. When Will The Soda Tax Go Flat? 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z
Mr. Walters’s moralistic streak was evident in his disdain for tax evaders. Johnnie M. Walters, Ex-I.R.S. Chief, Dies at 94 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
And while the event was, in many ways, a moralistic corporate circus, the 1964 fair still looms large as a perfect blend of design, pop culture and technology. We need to bring back the World's Fair 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z
The general used the moralistic language of the protest movement to describe his goals. Junta Sets Year’s Goals for Its Rule in Thailand 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z
My judgment becomes moralistic because aesthetics do not trump ethics and the prevalent aesthetic is not exactly youth but this odd veneer. Endless nips and tucks, Botox and filler: is this what a woman's right to choose has mutated into? 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z
While that may sound a little moralistic, in the end, it really is about values, although not necessarily the obvious ones. Don’t Go Shopping on Thanksgiving. Just Don’t. 2013-11-22T10:45:27Z
The hedge funds agreed, although they now laugh rather wryly about the moralistic way Co-op Group lectured them about the enormous value of the Co-op brand. How damaged is Co-op Bank by Flowers furore? 2013-11-22T08:49:14Z
But for the Salauds, the fight is against a nannyish and intolerant ruling class that has turned the feminist slogans of 40 years ago into a moralistic crusade. Will France make paying for sex a crime? 2013-11-11T00:33:38Z
They are subjective values that, when located within individuals and assessed like skills, become moralistic accountabilities. Grit, Optimism, And Other Buzzwords In The Way Of Education 2013-10-14T12:06:00Z
There is, of course, no such thing as the perfect church, but in Orthodoxy, which radically resists the moralistic therapeutic deism that characterizes so much American Christianity, I found a soul-healing balance. I’m Still Not Going Back to the Catholic Church 2013-09-29T09:45:27Z
There seems to be a need to be moralistic, because we're in a society that's hurting, but I don't want to be moralistic. Bank on It: a show about the financial system … for five-year-olds 2013-06-21T17:44:01Z
The image of Europe is also suffering, he said, due to the dominant, moralistic prescription of austerity. Pierre Moscovici, Finance Minister Under Fire 2013-04-30T00:02:59Z
"Ticket reselling tugs at a moralistic urge inside some of us," says Jonathan Brown, secretary of Star. Is this a new golden age for ticket touts? 2013-04-13T23:00:03Z
For city dwellers, the most annoying part of Rios Montt’s presidency were his weekly radio and TV broadcasts, which aired on every station, and which were often nothing but impassioned, moralistic sermons. The Trial of an American Ally 2013-03-24T08:45:00Z
Not content with moralistic comment pieces, in 1885, Stead actually bought a 13-year-old girl, and then wrote a series of articles about it, under the banner "the maiden tribute of modern babylon". Key moments that shaped the press 2012-11-17T01:51:59Z
I just want to point out that different contradictions can also be found in the moralistic, and sometimes too proud, speech that I've read in many entries of readers comments since months. The ECB and the euro: Too central a banker? 2012-09-07T14:49:56Z
This goes beyond idealistic and moralistic arguments for aiding access to the developing world. Society benefits with increased participation in – and hence, access to – research. Bandwidth and Open Access in Developing Countries 2012-09-23T17:15:02.833Z
The guideline writers’ response is moralistic and defensive, rather than academic.  Guest Post-- Universal Screening for Dyslipidemia In Children: A Debate With Equipoise, But Tarnished By Industry Influence 2012-08-03T18:50:46Z
Mitchell said that Gauke was "unnecessarily moralistic" and focusing on "petty stuff" rather than massive tax avoidance. Why morality is fashionable again 2012-07-24T19:00:04Z
Militarism is the belief that the military's mission is moral, or moralistic. Don’t mention the war? 2012-06-29T17:06:32Z
But at the same time, our righteous minds guarantee that our cooperative groups will always be cursed by moralistic strife.” Evolution Explains Why Politics Is So Tribal 2012-06-13T11:15:02.560Z
Otherwise you can ditch the moralistic argument that it improves access to developing nations, when in fact it costs them thousands to just load your frontpage. Bandwidth and Open Access in Developing Countries 2012-09-23T17:15:02.833Z
But that alone is not sufficient reason to think that "teenage pregnancy" needs any kind of moralistic or policy response. Economics and culture: Maybe teen motherhood isn't so bad 2012-05-17T17:55:27Z
Yet through its moralistic and deflationary stance of "do what the Germans did", pressure from Germany is not allowing the weaker eurozone countries to do just that. If the eurozone is serious about growth, it can have it 2012-05-17T20:00:06Z
He offered a dogma-free universal spiritualism as opposed to orthodox religion, and his vision of the spiritual was not moralistic. Why is The Prophet so loved? 2012-05-12T00:10:50Z
Meanwhile, Germany and the European Central Bank seem determined to impose a moralistic, debt-focused narrative on a crisis that’s better understood as a problem of capital flows and growth. What lessons should the U.S. draw from Europe?s debacle? 2012-05-05T00:42:00Z
The country was straitjacketed by its moralistic rejection of capitalism, by a lethargic and often depressive fatalism. Opinion: How India Became America 2012-03-09T17:53:44Z
But the rise of a new strain of fiscal conservatism has also led to moralistic portrayals of votes on spending and the debt limit. After Many Tough Choices, the Choice to Quit 2012-03-01T02:34:35Z
Mr. Freeman, who handles his documents admirably and is not slanted from the truth by moralistic concern for hero or heroine, is, nevertheless, naïve and blind to the facts which he has so carefully considered. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z
Mrs. Merkel views the financial industry with profound skepticism and argues, in almost moralistic fashion, that real change is impossible unless lenders and borrowers pay a high price for their mistakes. Euro Crisis Pits Germany and U.S. in Tactical Fight 2011-12-10T18:51:52Z
Similar systems for rage, predatory seeking, and male-male aggression may be found in Homo sapiens, together with uniquely human, cognitively-driven  systems of aggression such as political and religious ideologies and moralistic punishment. History and the Decline of Human Violence 2011-10-04T15:45:05.993Z
It wasn't that Americans of the time were simply moralistic prigs and stupider than we are. Ken Burns' Prohibition: Reliving a Very, Very Bad Idea 2011-09-30T17:31:07Z
But the truly mystical must be a protest alike against a narrow juiceless intellectualism, against a narrow moralistic rigorism, and against a blind and spineless sentimentalism. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z
Though some support exists for specific abstinence-only programs, particularly those that do not apply a moralistic lens to sexual behavior, a larger body of research indicates that the approach is ineffective in preventing teenage pregnancies. The Texas Tribune: In Texas, More Schools Teach Abstinence-Plus 2011-09-16T03:14:52Z
But in practice, he proved deeply polarizing, antagonizing the European-oriented secular middle classes — dubbed the "anxious moderns" — who saw his moralistic agenda encroaching on their lifestyles. Something for Everyone: Why Turkey's Vote is Good for Democracy 2011-06-13T11:20:00Z
It is in reality a conglomeration of hackneyed moralistic considerations. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z
Readers, including political figures, obviously confirmed that it was legitimate to reveal those secrets, especially because our book did not include a moralistic layer. Did Strauss-Kahn Benefit from the French Media's Obsession with RulingElites? 2011-05-18T19:30:00Z
Carlyle remained a Puritan, without any dogmatic beliefs except a kind of moralistic pantheism. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z
Unlike the “Gossip Girl” books that came of age in the 2000s, Ms. Pascal’s series was relatively tame, without explicit sex scenes or vulgarities, and often with highly moralistic messages. Sweet Valley Twins Are Back, and, Like Readers, Fully Adult 2011-04-16T16:40:06Z
He accuses leftist magistrates of waging a political, moralistic campaign to oust him from power and has frequently decried the wiretaps used on the phones of his guests. Sex, cash and starlets: Berlusconi's "Rubygate" 2011-04-05T10:49:24Z
If Socialism should attempt to create a new human nature within the limits of the old world, it would be only a new edition of the old moralistic Utopias. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z
So, the participants’ homophobia didn’t seem to be moralistically generalized to the "gay lifestyle" but instead it emerged specifically in terms of their folk beliefs about children’s sexual impressionability. Natural homophobes? Evolutionary psychology and antigay attitudes 2011-03-09T20:45:09.290Z
It is a trivial habit of mind, a pernicious critical obsession, of which many over-earnest adult readers are victims—that of wringing from every and any bit of writing an abstract or moralistic meaning. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z
He was little more than an acquaintance, really, but I did try, in my own cloudy, puerile ways, to imbibe his essence within the moralistic constraints I was dealt. My lust: A Valentine's Day confession and the psychology of infatuation 2011-02-14T17:15:02.580Z
"I, sometimes, like everyone, am a sinner but the type of moralistic justice being waged against me is ... simply scandalous," he said in the interview with Il Foglio's editor Giuliano Ferrara, a former Berlusconi minister. I may be sinner but my foes want coup: Berlusconi 2011-02-11T12:30:29Z
I'm becoming a moralistic prig in my dotage. Is speculation in multiverses as immoral as speculation in subprime mortgages? 2011-01-28T23:15:00.620Z
The public, on the other hand, sees it in moralistic terms; thus our tendency to steer attention and money toward those places, like postearthquake Haiti, where suffering is most extreme. Haiti's Failed Recovery: Who's to Blame? 2011-01-10T08:55:00Z
A new generation of politicians ascended to power — liberals and conservatives with sharply moralistic approaches to politics. The Connecticut-Country-Club Crackup 2010-09-25T02:00:00Z
Given the scalding moralistic climate of the times, my sensitivity and fears of being ostracized, my lust simmered for years, often boiling over into my dreams. My lust: A Valentine's Day confession and the psychology of infatuation 2011-02-14T17:15:02.580Z
Small losses, big benefits That pessimism and spotty coverage, some experts contend, reflect moralistic judgments, the paucity of effective lifestyle treatments, and concerns about the financial implications. With insurers slow to cover obesity treatment, patients often must foot the bill 2010-09-21T04:00:00Z
A party that moralistically attacks and ridicules the unemployed probably would oppose these actions even if they cost nothing. Can the president get us out of this mess? 2010-08-23T03:23:00Z
One of the side effects of the recession-led reiteration of the need for "fairness" is a moralistic emphasis on redirecting limited resources to the industrious and deserving. The ants march on, but we'd be happier as grasshoppers 2010-08-01T20:00:00Z
Although he never relinquished his conservative, moralistic demeanor, he began to support most civil rights legislation, including the Equal Rights Amendment. Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92; West Virginia lawmaker was the longest serving member of Congress in history 2010-06-28T11:20:00Z
Especially if you're a moralistic crusader for "decency" in mass culture. Joe Lieberman still flirting with endorsing Linda McMahon 2010-06-08T20:01:00Z
It is neither statist nor moralistic about financial market regulation in the manner of most of Continental Europe’s leadership. Politicus: Dutch Seem Set to Reject Role of Guide 2010-05-31T11:40:00Z
In such a vortex, Bunker argues, some people got religion and began pointing moralistic fingers at their neighbors. Book Review - Making Haste From Babylon - By Nick Bunker 2010-05-21T16:55:00Z
But at the same time, she has an odd, moralistic view of the books, which she seems to regard not as entertainment so much as didactic tracts. The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson 2010-05-22T07:40:00Z
In this article, he proposes a death sentence for the vast majority of humanity here and he does so in the form of a self righteous moralistic homily. 2010-01-26T12:14:00Z
Minute as is Dan Michael in his treatment of the subject of abuse, his elaborations are possibly surpassed by the next competitor for moralistic fame. A Cursory History of Swearing
Nothing could be more grotesque than the moralistic tone in which we industrious moderns lecture the ancient fighting peoples. American World Policies
But whether they belonged to the urbane school of Horace, or to the severely moralistic school of Juvenal, they soon found themselves falling into one or the other of two modes of writing. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures
Dacier's insistence that the primary function of poetry is to instruct and that pleasure is merely an aid to that end could easily be distorted into a crudely moralistic view of the art. The Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry
Hogey eyed him owlishly, waggled a moralistic finger, skidded on the gravel as they stepped onto the opposite shoulder, and sprawled again. The Hoofer
Another source of misunderstanding is the confusion of beauty with moralistic values. The Enjoyment of Art
The truth is that Melanchthon never fully succeeded in freeing himself from his original humanistic tendencies, a fact which gave his mind a moralistic rather than a truly religious and Scriptural bent. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
The moralistic type of humor, the crack of Juvenal's whip, as well as the delicate Horatian playing around the heart-strings, has characterized our humor and satire from the beginning. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures
He disapproved of many of Dink's friendships, not so much from a moralistic point of view as from Stover's not exercising the principle of selection. The Varmint
It may be said that in him the older moralistic tendency in theology was embodied in opposition to the new religious spirit of Augustine. A Source Book for Ancient Church History
The next member of the group who spoke up was Mrs. Strait, and she voiced for herself and for millions of other church people the moralistic understanding of the faith. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships.
These successors of Roger Ascham and Thomas Elyot and Philip Sidney were Puritanic, moralistic, practical; and with their "faith in God, faith in man and faith in work" they built an empire. Modern American Prose Selections
See how the moralistic note is struck in the field of political satire. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures
It is, however, inconsistent with the moralistic teachings unfolded above, and could only be united with them at a few points. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
The πνευμα in man was regarded by them as a supernatural principle, and on that account they are free from all rationalism and moralistic dogmatism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
That is the reason why Mrs. Strait holds to the moralistic concept of the Christian life. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships.
One cannot fail to see the connection between humanistic doctrine and moralistic preaching, or between the naturalism of the moment and the mechanicalizing of the church. Preaching and Paganism
And in the case of Douglas and Lincoln, Douglas is quick to sense the moralistic hypocrisy with which the Republicans are draping their trafficking ambitions. Children of the Market Place
It was merely his moralistic train of thought that saved him from the conclusion that there is a restoration of all individual men. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
The moralistic mode of thought is classically represented by the Shepherd of Hermas, and the second Epistle of Clement, in which, besides, the eschatological element is very prominent. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
The lives of moralistic people are not beautiful to behold. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships.
In France the novels of Zola, the most pedestrianally moralistic of writers, were for a long time supposed to be immoral because they were often disgusting. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society
One other point might be stressed: Miss Reynolds takes an extreme moralistic position toward the arts. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of our Ideas of Beauty, etc.
The apologetic and moralistic train of thought is alone developed with systematic clearness. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
In the moralistic view the forgiveness of sin is the result of the renewal that is spontaneously brought about on the ground of knowledge shewing itself in penitent feeling. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
It is tragic that some would-be Christians, like Mrs. Strait, become so moralistic that they condemn rather than help people. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships.
If he were himself less moralistically earnest the spice of the jest would disappear. One Hundred Best Books
It is told us that we shall be rewarded for our virtue; what moralistic commonplace is more common than this? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863
But, where this conception is the prevailing one, moralistic intellectualism is broken through, and we can now point to a specific, supernatural blessing of salvation, produced by revelation and redemption. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
But the tradition of this saying and many like it, and above all, the religious instinct, where it was more powerfully stirred, did not permit a consistent development of that moralistic conception. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
Then her mood changed into something entirely different: moralistic loathing. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
It is when he is least philosophical and least moralistic—as in the superbly imaginative figure of Richmond Roy—that he is at his greatest. One Hundred Best Books
They suggest that our natural experience, our strictly moralistic and prudential experience, may be only a fragment of real human experience. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
But I suspect that Ahmed toned it down in deference to what he may have thought might be my modesty and moralistic scruples. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
The moralistic view, in which eternal life is the wages and reward of a perfect moral life wrought out essentially by one's own power, took the place of first importance at a very early period. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
The Kantian theory of religion is rationalistic and moralistic. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
A narrow and moralistic view of morals is responsible for the failure to recognize that all the aims and values which are desirable in education are themselves moral. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education
Some say that the capacity or incapacity for it is what divides the religious from the merely moralistic character. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
Not only are they opposed to the moralistic and intellectualistic view, but they are its active opponents. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
If the new moralistic feature stood out still more emphatically in the piety of the second century, it vanished more and more behind the religious feature, the longing after life124 and after a Redeemer God. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
For this reason, 20th century people found her characters too moralistic, and her prose too turgid. The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002
To attempt to make this heavenly Pegasus draw the sordid plough of our selfish moralistic prejudices is a grotesque subversion of true order. Confessions and Criticisms
The ordinary moralistic state of mind makes the salvation of the world conditional upon the success with which each unit does its part. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
Aristophanes and Strabo, and above all Aristotle, dwell upon the didactic and moralistic possibility of poetry. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
But now it did not take the form of verse; he began to write moralistic essays, never finished, but full of severe comment on the folly of the world as he saw it. The Minister's Charge
What he read he couldn't believe; it was a paste of moralistic lies; either that or the writer had no greater power of explication than he. Cytherea
The second theory which I shall examine is the moralistic or Platonic. The Principles of Aesthetics
They would call it moralistic, and would apply the word religious to the monistic scheme alone. Pragmatism
The neo-critical and neo-Kantian movement in thought was not able to maintain the concept of the spirit against the hedonistic, moralistic, and psychological views of Aesthetic, in vogue from about the middle of last century. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
In spite of a conventional impulse to burst forth in moralistic denunciation, solemnly phrased, he was compelled for the moment to see the other man's viewpoint. The Titan
There is another Aesthetic, which has been called hedonistic, utilitarian, moralistic, and so on, according to its various manifestations. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
Objections are rightly raised, however, against pathetic, sentimental, and moralistic painting. The Principles of Aesthetics
As a matter of fact countless human imaginations live in this moralistic and epic kind of a universe, and find its disseminated and strung-along successes sufficient for their rational needs. Pragmatism
But the narcotic, moralistic, or pedagogic view mostly prevailed, for it best suited an epoch of relative decadence in culture. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
For the empiricists of Aesthetic, intellectualism and moralism represent progress; for the intellectualists, hedonistic and moralistic alike, agnosticism is progress and may be called Kant. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
The one is moralistic and reformatory in its aim, the other is aesthetic and contemplative. The Principles of Aesthetics
For moralistic painting, however, there can be no excuse. The Principles of Aesthetics
On much the same level of thinking is the moralistic theory which requires that the misfortunes of the hero should be the penalty for some fault or weakness. The Principles of Aesthetics
Those who have wished to react against such emasculated erudition have often thrown themselves into the opposite extreme, that is, into a dogmatic, abstract, intellectualistic, or moralistic form of criticism. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
Some of these judgments I have already discussed—the scientific and the moralistic. The Principles of Aesthetics
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