raghu wrote: > "Moralistic" is pejorative, "moral" isn't. Objectivity is impossible > under those conditions. Obviously my own views are always moral and my > opponents' moralistic!
in case you missed it, my definitions got beyond such semantic niceties. "Moral" simply means having ethics, standards, values, ideals, etc. That can be pejorative if the morality is bad (from someone's perspective) but obviously isn't always. "Moralistic" means the imposition of one's ideals/morals without paying attention to the real conditions of their life, trying to fit the square peg of someone's life into the idealized moral round hole. That's pejorative. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
