On this question, the dictates of pragmatism and absolute morality coincided.
In common public usage, people sometimes use the word "integrity" in reference to a single "absolute" morality rather than in reference to the assumptions of the value system in question.
Dalgliesh said: 'You're assuming there's an absolute morality independent of time or circumstance.'
Internal to the US government, and by its critics, is a constant debate between absolute morality and the perceived needs of realpolitik with respect to communists and allies.
Watts felt that absolute morality had nothing to do with the fundamental realization of one's deep spiritual identity.
Judge Hardy, played by the grandfatherly-looking Stone, was a man of absolute morality and integrity, but behind his stern demeanor was a gentle humanitarian with a droll sense of humor.
He first came in contact with Moral Re-Armament in London, where it was founded to reshape the world through "absolute" morality.
Watch "Crimes and Misdemeanours", and there he describes a Godless Universe, with no absolute morality, or divine punishment.
By its very essence it is a static entity, one based around an absolute power and an absolute morality.
Among other arguments, it derided the ritual worship of Confucius as superstition, as well as the study of the classics in pursuit of understanding an 'absolute morality'.