moralism
Sign in to saveupright=1.35|thumb|''The Drunkard's Progress'': by [[Nathaniel Currier 1846, warns that moderate drinking leads, step-by-step, to total disaster.]] Moralism is a philosophy that arose in the 19th century that concerns itself with imbuing society with a certain set of morals, usually traditional behaviour, but also "justice, freedom, and equality". It has strongly affected North American and British culture, concerning private issues such as the family unit and sexuality, as well as issues that carry over into the public square, such as the temperance movement.
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Vinony's link graph records 98 inbound references to moralism, and connects out to World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, French and Catholic Church.
Vinony files it under 19th century in the United States, Abolitionism and Christian theological movements.
Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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upright=1.35|thumb|''The Drunkard's Progress'': by [[Nathaniel Currier 1846, warns that moderate drinking leads, step-by-step, to total disaster.]] Moralism is a philosophy that arose in the 19th century that concerns itself with imbuing society with a certain set of morals, usually traditional behaviour, but also "justice, freedom, and equality". It has strongly affected North American and British culture, concerning private issues such as the family unit and sexuality, as well as issues that carry over into the public square, such as the temperance movement.
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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