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in the 19th century "encouraged a general culture of Protestant moralism and pushed it toward a series of social reform movements, from antislavery and abolitionism (freedom for the slaves now), to protests against Indian Removal, to antiwar and peace efforts, to women's rights, to temperance work
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In tracing the origins of moralism, sociologist Malcolm Waters writes that "Moralism emerged from a clash between the unrestrained character of frontier expansionism, a middle-class, Protestant emphasis on respectability cultivated in small-town America and an egalitarian and anti-intellectual
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and always designed to shock or surprise. The moralists aimed for objective and impartial observation freed from the preconceptions of their day. Their approach was never systematic. The four principal moralists and their main works are:
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In the latter part of 20th century, as well as the 21st century, moralists in the United States turned their attention to championing the movement to criminalize abortion care. Moralists have also focused their efforts in maintaining
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Still operating at the margins of American religious discourse, Quaker civic moralism would see its legitimacy in the public sphere grow as increasing numbers of American citizens grew sympathetic with the Unionist and abolitionist
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In many essays, Taylor shows how this excessive moralism in both the Protestant and Catholic churches from the 17th century onward led to a "polite" Christian society where being polite was more important than being
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The term has been used in a pejorative sense to describe the attitude of "being overly concerned with making moral judgments or being illiberal in the judgments one makes".
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is a philosophy that arose in the 19th century that concerns itself with imbuing society with a certain set of
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formed the "twin pillars" of moralism, becoming popular through Christian Churches in the United States, both
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The Neoconservatives: The Origins of a Movement: With a New Foreword, From Dissent to Political Power
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Introduction à la connaissance de l’esprit humain, suivie de réflexions et maximes
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1846, warns that moderate drinking leads, step-by-step, to total disaster.
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from the 16th through the 18th centuries. The tradition begins with the
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beliefs and the sensibilities of some labourers and trade unions.
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Klingemann, Hans-Dieter; Fuchs, Dieter; Zielonka, Jan (2006).
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before and after the Civil War." As such, the campaign for
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This article is about the philosophy. For other uses, see
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Index

Moralist
Moralist (disambiguation)

The Drunkard's Progress
Nathaniel Currier
morals
sexuality
temperance movement
French moralists

Jean de La Bruyère
François de La Rochefoucauld
Luc de Clapiers
Nicolas Chamfort
French literature
moralists
French
maxims
salons
Ancien Régime
Essais
Michel de Montaigne
essays
pen-portraits
paradoxes
François de La Rochefoucauld
Jean de La Bruyère
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
Nicolas Chamfort
abolition

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