moralism

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Moralism and appeal to civic virtue may move some non-voters off the sidelines in time for Tuesday’s elections and, if they live in states with same-day registration, they’ll be able to cast a ballot.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2018

In a particularly important passage of his essay “Realism and Moralism in Political Theory” the late Bernard Williams wrote:

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2018

Moralism then takes root, with its different set of objectives in child rearing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017

Moralism need not emerge unconsciously, as an expression of national anxiety – it can be directed, pushed for, and Fifa has pushed hard for it on the field.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2016

Worship of barbarous virtue is the blackest conservatism; it shuts the gate of heaven, and surrenders existence to perpetual follies and crimes, Moralism itself is a superstition.

From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George