That was on prudish, priggish, moral grounds.
It sounds perhaps a little priggish.
Have we now become so priggish and prejudiced that we insist that a person must be wholly good by our standards and not just partially good?
They are priggish because they have demonstrated their willpower.
We are neither priggish nor libertarian; we recognise that there are very strongly held views and that is right and proper.
Those who have given up smoking are inclined to be a little priggish about the fact that they were sufficiently strong willed to do so.
We certainly do not want to create a society which is entirely uniform and priggish.
Before we become too self-satisfied, perhaps we should register—without being priggish about it—that we do not set a great example.
