Europe, he concluded, was a weak, ineffectual continent bereft of moral fibre.
Like Aristophanes' comedy, this "Frogs" is set in a troubled, war-plagued society, bereft of moral and cultural leadership.
Something about Gloria evaded our grasp, whereas Marina feels all too solidly present and, despite the defiant poise of Vega's performance, oddly bereft of moral ambiguity.
Crime novels, fantasy and science fiction were segregated because they were considered mere entertainment bereft of moral sustenance, also because they were perceived as appealing to non-mainstream citizens: uneducated, working-class, possibly even "ethnic".
We have a White House bereft of intelligence and character, and a Congress bereft of morality.
Bereft of its moral or legal voice, the international community has made its coffers readily available to the Palestinians in Gaza.
For the dread of facing a reality bereft of the moral and ideational sustenance those myths provide is stronger than is the fear of costly wars without end and corrupted ideals.
Feminists have found traditional moral philosophy suspect for inflating typical male behaviors into paradigmatic moral actions and traditional political philosophy equally suspect for being bereft of remedies for the moral and political challenges posed by such biased and pretextual exclusion.
Despite all the current talk of greed, then, one wonders whether it is not a kind of specter, flitting in and out of sight, momentarily frightening and yet finally bereft of the religious and moral conviction that might give it body and weight in the nation's deliberations.
The answer Le Passé gives can be summed up in a single word: chaos – the realization that in a world bereft of God, spirituality, love, truth, or moral ideals, humans are doomed to perpetual wandering and wondering in an ocean of complete solitude with no beacon to lead them to the shore of certainty.
