The Moralist Papers is the moralist’s equivalent of the Federalist Papers.
Whereas the authors of the Federalist Papers believed that it was incumbent on them to elicit support for the ratification of the Constitution of the United States in the fall of 1787—at a time when ratification appeared to be in mortal jeopardy—the authors of The Moralist Papers believe that it is incumbent on any moralist to promote high moral values and to infuse morality into all topics of consequence—societal, economic, and political.