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What is another word for moralists?

Pronunciation: [mˈɒɹəlˌɪsts] (IPA)

Moralists are individuals who are concerned with ethical theories and principles. They are often considered to be experts on morality, integrity, and virtue. However, there are several other words that can be used to describe moralists. For example, a puritan is someone who adheres strictly to moral codes and conventions. A prude is a person who is excessively concerned with moral standards, often to the point of being deemed prudish. A moral zealot is someone who takes an extreme or fanatical approach to moral issues. Ultimately, whether we call them moralists, puritans, prudes, or moral zealots, these individuals all share a common interest in righteousness and ethical principles.
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That pleasure, as ordinarily understood by plain people, is a treacherous, dangerous, and ruinous guide to conduct, moralists of every school declare.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
In life, there is the highly organized, delicately adjusted, perfectly balanced human body responding to the will of an invisible power; and it is admitted by all schools of philosophers, moralists, and scientists that this invisible power-whatever it may be-is the real man.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
There is a tendency on the part of those who specialize in the making of ideals to repudiate the eating and the tool-making sides of man; which accounts for the quarrel between the Marxians and the moralists.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair

Famous quotes with Moralists

  • Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
    Clarence Day
  • In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists.
    Havelock Ellis
  • The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.
    Bertrand Russell
  • The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell.
    Bertrand Russell
  • It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine.
    Paul Gruchow

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