Sentences with phrase «apply universal moral principles»

Here, we show that religious belief — even amidst a conflict centered on religious differences — can lead people to apply universal moral principles similarly to believers and non-believers alike,» said Jeremy Ginges, associate professor of psychology at the New School for Social Research.

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Instead, he is concerned with the «real people involved and their suffering» and considers it a terrible moral failure to hide behind a ««universal» principle applied... to everyone.»

It is a moral failure of the worst kind to avoid the necessity of decision - making by hiding behind a «universal» principle applied willy - nilly to everyone.