Turn friendship, the American moral doctrine commands, into networking to maximize the possible human progress away from nature. (firstthings.com)
Tocqueville called this injunction the American or basically Lockean moral doctrine of self - interest rightly understood. (firstthings.com)
Oliva appeals to a classic moral doctrine promoted by Aquinas and many other saintly theologians, namely, that the circumstances impact the guilt attached to a sinful act. (firstthings.com)