Word: ethicality
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There is an ethic of controversy: Debate an argument in its own terms; expose pernicious misuse where practiced; but do not degrade scientific discourse, even "in the name of the People." Daniel Bell Professor of Sociology
...could construct a kind of "worst-case scenario" to prove that the U.S., with the rest of the West, has fallen into dangerous decline. The case might be argued thus: the nation's pattern is moral and social failure, embellished by hedonism. The work ethic is nearly as dead as the Weimar Republic. Bureaucracies keep cloning themselves. Resources vanish. Education fails to educate. The system of justice collapses into a parody of justice. An underclass is trapped, half out of sight, while an opulent traffic passes overhead. Religion gives way to narcissistic self-improvement cults...
...least partly a campaign tour but insisted that it was "not a partisan campaign for Democrats or me," in Carter's words, but a journey to promote the President's energy program. At every stop, while the calliope tooted God Bless America, Carter preached a new energy ethic, in simplistic terms. Saving energy, he insisted over and over, is "exciting" and "enjoyable," not "inconvenient" or "painful." In folksy, fervent lectures, he urged people to insulate their houses, drive less, observe the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, join car pools...
...Black work" and a thrift ethic help them handle those prices...
This conservation ethic extends to basic attitudes and the smallest things. An average French family saves 18% of its income and West Germans put aside 12%, vs. just 5% in the U.S., which has the lowest savings rate of all industrial countries. Houses are only rarely heated from attic to basement. Apartment-house hall lights are connected to timers and only stay on a minute or so while someone passes through. Eating out is a luxury reserved for special occasions. In the end, judgments about the relative wealth of Europeans and Americans turn on one's definition of prosperity...