But by 1863, the demand for cheap labour outweighed any moral hesitation.
The Guardian's editorial, The Atomic Bomb (written by Walter James) showed no moral hesitation in the use of the weapon, stating: In spite of the horror that must be kindled in all our hearts by the use of such a weapon against the human species, its use against the Japanese is entirely legitimate.
However, in its moral ambiguity, the hesitations of the hero and his confessions of weakness, lies its modernity, responding to the contemporary sense of moral sickness.
Then came the revisionists, with pertinent questions about Kennedy's foreign-policy failures, domestic hesitations, and private morals.
To Lewis Mumford, writing was a means of setting out a moral compass: he had no hesitation about playing a role that was part preacher.
We feel a responsibility to do something and amidst all the doubts and hesitations that must be a moral advance.
In carrying through this method one begins with one's considered moral judgments: those made consistently and without hesitation when one is under good conditions for thinking (e.g., "slavery is wrong," "all citizens are political equals").
Those who are doing the grassroots work have a moral high-ground, but sometimes display a hesitation (understandably) to treat allies like allies by calling them in instead of tearing them down.
On an issue that is so crucial to a society's moral self-definition Cuomo never showed a moment's hesitation or a glimmering of hypocrisy.
Indeed, the narrative blames the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt on Joseph's hesitation to offend the tyrant he serves - -a moral failing later remedied by Moses, who has no such qualms.
After a few moments' hesitation, Bostrom quietly suggested that I should opt for moral behavior.
