In all sharp moral disagreements, maximalism is the constant temptation.
The deaths of innocents raised sharp moral questions, and the moral questions gave urgency to the legal ones.
The goals of reform and democracy were couched in the language of U.S. interests rather than the sharp moral language that statesmen often use in public.
Mr. Appiah writes well about how shame and ridicule, often delivered through a free press, have consistently been sharp moral motivators.
But political analysts say his focus on religion, family, character and values this week seems an effort to draw a sharp moral contrast to both Mr. Clinton and his Democratic rival, Vice President Al Gore.
What we actually get is some mild textual tinkering and a determinedly jokey production that transforms the play from sharp moral satire into a genial Carry On Up The Acropolis.
On the other, there is a sharp moral and political divide between the creditor states and the debtor states, with a supposedly virtuous, prudent and righteous core beset by a feckless, reckless periphery.
According to a range of empirical studies, including one conducted by me and my social psychologist collaborator, Matthew Kugler, lay observers draw a sharp moral distinction between file sharing and genuine theft, even when the value of the property is the same.
Rossellini's sharp moral position, his discussion of ideas, his attempt to get at inner life, and his aesthetic freedom, are what made his movies, above all, inspiring for the French New Wave and what keeps them inspiring for the generations of filmmakers who have followed.
Icke's new adaptation foregrounds the plays as a family drama in which love, sex and hate are closely entwined, and emphasises the sense of sharp moral dilemma that looms in every play, as well as the perils and limits of memory.
