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When Language Loses Its Moral Weight

If the terms we use to identify injury are loosened from their moorings, our capacity for judgment is weakened.
When Language Loses Its Moral Weight
A Merriam-Webster dictionary in a file photo. Holly Kellum/The Epoch Times
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A poster in a local coffee shop caught my eye. “Abuse,” it said, should not be confined to physical or sexual violence. Rather, it extends into various other areas, such as the technological, the financial, and the spiritual.