This is an excellent example of unreflecting or half-reflecting Purism.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
As a general rule, I think, educated Americans are more apt to err on the side of Purism than of laxity.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
A metaphysical neutrality, on the other hand, although denying that reality as such is predestined to morality-and thus affording no possibility of an ethical absolutism-becomes the true ground for an ethical Purism.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry