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While businesses might be hurt and the moralistic language irritate some, there are health reasons for discouraging the activity.

In February, a coalition of NGOs and human rights organizations working with HIV/AIDS patients and key populations such as gay men and sex workers issued a statement voicing their objections to what they regard as a "moralistic" approach to the HIV/AIDS issue.

There are much better ways to make them responsible and moralistic human beings and add value to the world than to distract them by telling them that their gender is what they need to be aware of.

Further, in order to assess one's endorsement of moralistic interpretations of the Bible (i.e., rather than a literal interpretation), Beck and Jessup (2004) included items to assess a posited moralistic interpretation facet of Quest.

"It's not judgmental or moralistic," says Aiden, who shot to fame in Queer As Folk.

IN the suffocatingly moralistic world of Coronation Street no one has a one night stand without paying the price.

It's quite moralistic - in the same way as a He Man cartoon."

Handbags at six paces, maybe people should mind their own business and not get all moralistic on others!

"I think there was a little bit of a moralistic sort of 'I'll teach you how to be free!'-and that bothered the hell out of me.

Dean writes, "The faith most teenagers exhibit is a loveless version that the NSYR calls Christianity's 'misbegotten step-cousin,' Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, which is 'supplanting Christianity as the dominant religion in American churches."' She describes the "Guiding Beliefs of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism":

This author has obviously good intentions but this story is strongly moralistic and children can easily spot a lecture.

The author urges educators to replace moralistic views and the puritan work ethic with a new homework paradigm based on designing quality homework tasks, deemphasizing grading of homework, and implementing homework support strategies.

Scratch the surface of GM technology and you find it currently has nothing to do with the high minded moralistic aims ascribed to it by the biotech companies and the promoters paid to push it.

I'm not on any moralistic crusade but as a Newcastle season ticket supporter I'm sick to death of all of us being projected on the national TV channels by the aforementioned performing monkeys in the background.