Content tagged with “morality” under “Stuff I Looked Up”

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Anomie
Explanation
June 25, 2024
118

“ It comes from the ancient Greek word ‘nomos,’ which means ‘custom’ or ‘law.’ The prefix ‘a-’ means this is the opposite of that. ”

Blue Laws
Explanation
November 22, 2021
180

“Blue laws are regulations that attempt to restrict activities or the sale of specific goods or services for religious reasons. The most common in the United States is the restriction of selling alcohol on Sundays in some municipalities. Rumor has it that the laws were originally printed on blue…”

Bowdlerization
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
January 26, 2022
264

“It was named for Thomas Bowdler. In the 1800s, he published The Family Shakespeare , which was a version of Shakespeare’s plays which he felt were more suitable for families. Wikipedia has some examples of his changes. In Hamlet, the death of Ophelia was called an accidental drowning, not a…”