Sentence examples for as a solvent of morality from inspiring English sources

In 1964, Susan Sontag, in her essay "Notes on 'Camp,' " described it as "a solvent of morality," and that phrase hints at what is appealing about Murphy's shows: his Tourettic impulse to offend, even in the midst of the sweetest love story.

"Camp is a solvent of morality," she wrote.

SALT LAKE CITY has always regarded itself as a bastion of morality.

Not as a matter of morality, but of equity.

Since Kant also sometimes viewed immortality, i.e., personal continuity beyond death, as a foundation of morality, morality could also be at risk.

We owe them this not only as a matter of morality, but of law.

He has a conservative's skepticism about using the law as an instrument of morality.

Insofar as perfectionism is a theory of right action, it can be understood as an account of morality.

He has as strong and righteous a sense of morality as any contemporary dramatist I can think of.

Oil of spike lavender works as a solvent, but also as a diluent in the paint.

Artists valued these forms of turpentine for their resinous sap, not for their use as a solvent.