Sentences with phrase «about moral purpose»

I fully recognise that there also need to be tough messages for some school leaders about moral purpose because some of our colleagues are letting the rest down badly.

There's been much talk lately about the moral purposes of history, especially from those celebrating the recent Supreme Court decision regarding gay marriage.

Not exact matches

The stuffy materialism, the lack of purpose, the uncertainty about moral values and the collapse of belief in anything beyond the tomb, are not in themselves a rejection of Christianity so much as a cri de cœur the truth of the Gospel.

In order to recapture the robust sense of moral purpose that once characterized the Christian way, we must discard contemporary notions about self - fulfillment.

To capture a robust sense of moral purpose, contemporary notions about self - fulfillment must be discarded along with romantic notions about inherent goodness.

First, it reflected a judgment about modern warfare as inherently grossly destructive, so much so that it could never be conducted morally or be an instrument of moral purpose.

At the root of the disagreement about perfection, I think, is the fact that we sometimes forget that according to Christianity the purpose of moral imperatives is not to make people righteous, but to show them their sin (as Paul taught in Galatians).

♦ About the best continuing moral reflection on America and world affairs is to be found in the newsletter American Purpose.

GK Chesterton rightly noted that all arguments are theological arguments, that is to say, eventually all political and moral disagreements, if pursued for long enough, get down to the brass tacks of our basic assumptions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of human individuals and human society.

«2 What he has in mind is not the ongoing and largely unconscious operation of the inherent ethos of a congregation but its conscious attention to moral issues raised for the purpose of making a Christian decision about them.

A new kind of political - economic - moral order was rising — under the hand of Providence, he thought — and perhaps the most striking thing about this new order was that in it «men have in our time carried to the highest perfection the art of pursuing in common the object of common desires, and have applied this new technique to the greatest number of purposes.»

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

He proposed a left - right split, and offered a watery vision of what latter - day «modernisers» should be all about: a «renewed sense of moral purpose», reducible to the hoary New Labour emphasis on social mobility, and a politics that would «be seen to be grappling seriously with the big questions of the day: migration, globalisation, terrorism, the environment, welfare, housing, our place in the world».

But many others went out of their way to praise the moral purpose behind Duncan Smith's resignation and to express reservations about George Osborne's budget and wider political strategy.

«I think we have to be really careful about calling them [the electronic formats] «data walls» because the purpose of a data wall is that it is the moral imperative of that student in your face and you can't close the lid of the laptop and turn it off.

Once we see that the conscientious pursuit of knowledge is the inherent moral purpose of schooling, we will not be surprised by the absence of any agreement about which civic virtues ought to be taught in schools.

Ed Balls, former secretary of state for schools, reminisced about his time in politics and the impossibility of dictating to schools a moral purpose.

«Avis Glaze is one of those outstanding leaders who cares deeply about equity and social justice, sees the big picture and is a master at blending moral purpose, political realities and change savvy.

Dr. Fullan bases his work on the moral purpose of education as it is applied in schools and school systems to bring about major improvements.

Organisations such as the EU and UN, being far removed from ordinary life, recruit organisations from civil society — those which care about animals, trees, starving babies and climate change — to arm their projects with moral purpose and legitimacy.

-- more frequent communication with my immediate family — more connectedness with colleagues across the country (and in some cases, around the world)-- becoming acquainted with colleagues from around the world — finding people who have similar experiences for the purpose of mutual moral support — sharing photos with a lot more people (before digital cameras I did not take photographs since it was too expensive)-- distance learning via the web (courses)-- learning about subjects of interest in more depth, especially from papers by others — learning from conferences I was unable to attend in person (through papers posted, blog posts, conference wikis, and photos on Flickr)-- more readily available consumer information — more readily available government information — learning more about basic health issues — more creative cooking since I have more access to recipes — feeling more connected to my favourite musical groups / musicians since they now have extensive websites, email notification services, and blogs — better organization of the various groups I belong to