Article February 5, 1966 Issue

Signs of the Times

The Wall Street Journal

From "Notes on the New Morality"
an editorial in
The Wall Street Journal
© 1965 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
New York, New York

Is there a "new morality" and, if so, what are its implications for such traditional values as individual liberty, dignity, artistic excellence and good conduct?

Labeling anything as genuinely new is a risky business; the human being has a marked tendency to repeat, albeit in different forms, very ancient experiences and views.... Although sexual mores often dominate the discussion, the so-called new morality extends far beyond to such seemingly disparate questions as religion and foreign policy, indeed to the meaning of life itself.

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