Moreover, it takes a special courage for someone in, shall we say, the later chapters of life to press and prosecute a moral campaign, all-consuming as such campaigns are.
Elsewhere, the story was greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend his novel in letters to the press.
In Chicago Thursday, he prosecuted a moral argument that implicates university administrators who refuse to divest from fossil fuels, journalists who fail to fact-check false statements made by political candidates, and executives of fossil fuel companies who continue to pursue activities that are exacerbating climate change especially those who mislead the public about those effects.
Is it moral to prosecute and imprison an illiterate former cotton picker over less than $100,000 in taxes unpaid over the years while looking the other way when two billionaires go 30 years without filing tax returns, as the I.R.S. and Justice Department have done within the last five years?
Even more, the U.S. feels that if the home countries are not going to prosecute, the U.S. has a moral obligation to do so".
Before Christmas, a House of Lords committee said that the UK had a "moral duty" to prosecute research on genetically modified insects and their use in disease control.
(Way off his talking points in March, Attorney General Eric Holder basically admitted that some banks are just too big to prosecute). It's the ultimate moral hazard: banks are gambling wildly in the casino, but we're on the hook for their worst losses.
Starr denied the assault, pointing to the fact that the CPS decided not to prosecute and insisting it was not in his "moral compass" to do such a thing.
When America takes the high road morally, then there is nothing to worry about later on, because there will be no moral lapses to hide, leak, investigate, prosecute, or prepare congressional reports on.
