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Examples
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Mr. Corning's "The Fair Society" certainly expresses one of the most powerful politico-moral sentiments of our time.
A New Social Contract Kenneth Minogue 2011
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In fact a panel of comfortable American judges will sneer down at you, from their politico-moral high ground, that legal marriage reflects a sanctity and long-term commitment that other forms of cohabitation simply do not.
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In fact a panel of comfortable American judges will sneer down at you, from their politico-moral high ground, that legal marriage reflects a sanctity and long-term commitment that other forms of cohabitation simply do not.
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Because, according to Callan, our politico-moral identity was not implicated in the Soviet action, we somehow do not have to have a similar sense of horror and rage.
Civic Education Crittenden, Jack 2007
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The Indo-Tibetan Circus & Giant Panda Gypsy Blues Band, being a somewhat unorthodox troupe, often aroused the ire of policemen, pastors and pursed-lipped ladies: those vigilant citizens who saw in the exotic trappings of traveling show folk a manifestation of some unnamed conspiracy to subvert their politico-moral prerogatives.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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French rule in Northern Africa is a politico-moral experiment on a large scale, with what might be called an idealistic background, such as only a civilized nation can conceive.
Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910
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Some of them mean thereby a condition of spiritual excellence, which will be restored by a sort of politico-moral revivalism and which will somehow make the results of divine and popular election coincide.
The Promise of American Life Herbert David Croly 1899
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Very different is the judgment passed upon the treatise by a writer in the Chinese Repository: 'The Ta Hsio is a short politico-moral discourse.
The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 James Legge 1856
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Well, besides the locale barrier (for politico-moral reasons of my own), there's the teensy fact that I'm decades past being interested in attending university courses as an alternative to being gainfully employed.
MSDN Blogs 2009
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He was on the right side of just about every politico-moral choice of the last half century, from civil rights to social justice, to the anti Vietnam war movement and much more besides.
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