This jolts: how relatively quickly this moral certainty came to be eroded.

And doing it while using the language of moral certainty.

But are our soldiers' lives worth the ring of moral certainty that comes with a bold but doomed decision to try to make a difference?

I spent a good deal of time around the camp back then and the mood was remarkable for its sense of moral certainty.

Refusing to do so offers the comfort of moral certainty at the expense of public safety.