And that is where the whole stigmatization of the drug-addicted person as being morally weak comes across.
Hemingway and Fitzgerald didn't drink because they were creative, alienated, or morally weak.
That, although it might not be our fault, we were morally weak.
The author "carefully illustrates our ambivalence toward mental illness, whose victims most of us ultimately find somewhat repulsive and morally weak."
Calling a problem gambler morally weak is an attempt to cure through reprimand.
In his morally weak state, Edward connives to have Ellen run off with him, which she does out of devotion.
If one doesn't attend to this moral question, how can you lead this country if you're morally weak, like Clinton is?
He is morally weak and susceptible to temptation and trickery.
Ingleby took a dark view of his own character: "I am morally weak in many respects," he wrote.
These people are not morally weak, defective or simply lazy.