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Vidushi Sharma: What is “moral clarity”? Susan Neiman: Moral clarity means the attempt to take moral questions seriously and find critical answers to them, rather than (a) dismissing moral questions ironically and saying that everything is relative, so there is no right or wrong; or (b) assuming “moral simplicity,” which is to suppose ...
Moral clarity is a catchphrase associated with American political conservatives. [citation needed] . Popularized by William J. Bennett 's Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism, the phrase was first used in its current context during the 1980s, in reference to the politics of Ronald Reagan. [1]
Jan 2, 2019 · Moral clarity is long defined by usage as a capacity to make firm, unflinching distinctions between evil and good, and to take action based on those distinctions. These are fighting words: They...
For years, moral language has been the province of the Right, as the Left has consoled itself with rudderless pragmatism. In this profound and powerful book, Susan Neiman reclaims the vocabulary...
We argue that the experience of moral clarity depends on both cognitive processing and affective appraisals of certainty; additionally, we describe how moral clarity has innate origins but can be heightened or repressed by the influence of parents, teachers, peers, and culture.
Oct 24, 2002 · Moral clarity in a time of war demands moral seriousness from public officials. It also demands a`measure of political modesty from religious leaders and public intellectuals, in the give-and-take of democratic deliberation.
Mar 14, 2023 · Moral clarity is long defined by usage as a capacity to make firm distinctions without hesitations or much thought between evil and good, and to take action based on those distinctions. It is a catchphrase associated with American political conservatives from the 1950s to around 2018.
