moralist

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One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.

One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives.

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As opposed to the most widely accepted forms of Christianity, Whitehead emphasized an idea of God that he called "the brief Galilean vision of humility": "It does not emphasize the ruling Caesar, or the ruthless moralist, or the unmoved mover. Source: Internet

…a dance of perception, would you say she was stupid, would you say she was a moralist, would you say she was a rich woman, would you say she was afraid of the long arms of UK government and unwritten laws? Source: Internet

Johnson's Christian morality permeated his works, and he would write on moral topics with such authority and in such a trusting manner that, Walter Jackson Bate claims, "no other moralist in history excels or even begins to rival him". Source: Internet

On this issue, I cannot pretend to be a moralist or traditionalist but could it be that Somalis in the Diaspora do not care anymore about their children? Source: Internet

"On his view," he writes, "the moralist is not like a courtroom judge, who resolves disputes. Source: Internet

He’s a fighter, a lover of King Baldwin’s kohl-eyed sister Sybilla (Eva Green of ), who is also Guy’s wife, and a moralist. Source: Internet

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