Sentences with phrase «as a moral compass for»

Despite her «unsuccessful marriages and her failure at polygamy» Dannin observes, Naima Saif» ullah has not lost her faith in Islam «precisely because she sees herself not as a convert to some monolithic patriarchal Islam but as a serious professional woman who has chosen to accept Islam as a moral compass for her life.»

Along with the likes of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu, he was part of a group untainted by corruption, acting as a moral compass for the nation.

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And reminders of retaining a moral compass and striving for work - life balance are as old as the bible — though there's no shortage of TED - talking gurus hawking contemporary versions.

Let's say for a moment your right and there is no God, Which means to me that I lived an honorable life where I used a moral compass that helped me live as best as I could.

I tend to agree with the notion of «moral compass» as her need for becoming a theist is a fairly weak reason to seek out God.

After all, many believe it is our job to be the moral compass of society, even for those who do not believe in Jesus as Lord.

I know that your personal faith acts as ones own personal moral and spiritual compass, however the president should through out his personal beliefs in exchange for the betterment of all americans citizens not the 2 % of the wealthy class or the corporations, but all americans

As he was later to admit, Colson had no moral compass for the first 41 years of his life.

Roger Shinn, who taught ethics for many years at Union Theological Seminary in New York, offers a clearly written essay, «Between Eden and Babel,» in which he explores in brief compass many of the moral issues involved as well as some of the first ethical discussions of cloning more than thirty years ago after tadpoles had been cloned.

For such a scientist, faith acts at best as a «moral compass,» but the direction it provides does not breach the wall of separation, and is neither aided by nor aids reason.

Any atheist who feels the need for an external «moral compass» is certainly not atheistic as a result of a well - thought out and educated take on the matter.

And as for your assertion (which comes out of nowhere and is irrelevant to the prior discussion) that «atheists has (sic) a serious problem which is lack of moral compass» is incorrect in many cases.

as for her comments about needing religion for a moral compass... ive always wondered about people who couldnt find a moral compass without religion.

It would ne nice to accept our own moral compasses or as I put it «a morally correct manner» and then leave it at that, accept only detailed proven facts and then use your best judgment on the rest, its more likely to be right then listening or reading «facts» by those who tell you to not look for them or prove them one way r the other, that's the Fox News of the religious world... Religion is more dangerous then a blind man in a room of razors, it hurts, kills and destroys more of humanity then any «God Made» disaster.

It highlighted to me that this field of work is not always about a scientific breakthrough, but it is about having a moral compass and growing as a person by putting yourself out there to be of use to the world, and that this is achievable for young scientists to get involved and make a difference.

I have two small sons (7 and 5) and I try somehow every day to work into our conversations that my job as a mom (and the job of their other parents) is to make them socially constructive, decent human beings... Who understand common courtesies, who remain compassionate and show empathy for those less fortunate, who have work ethic and a moral compass....

Sini, a Democrat who worked in Bharara's office for five years, is «one of the best and the brightest, but has a strong moral compass and integrity,» as well as «a passion for keeping people safe... and fighting crime,» Bharara said in an interview.

I blame Speaker Silver for being devoid of a moral compass as relates to the Vito Lopez scandal; who else but Silver would now choose the lawyer who defended Bob Guccione of Penthouse magazine fame.

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which serves as a kind of moral compass for scientific publishing (but has no authority to enforce its advice) has no guidance on the practice, but urges journals to vet reviewers adequately.

For instance, zapping the temporal lobe using deep - brain stimulation can improve spatial memory, and using a powerful magnet to alter activity in the right temporoparietal junction can make our moral compass go haywire, causing behaviors we think of as immoral to become permissible.

The leads are obviously older than the 17 - year - olds in the story, a nod, perhaps, to the planned sequels, but they have a bouncy sort of verve and a capacity for the emotional depth necessary to make their story work, particularly Garfield, with sleepy eyes and an unruly field of dark hair, finding the exact note of wide - eyed terror and joy to Peter's discovery of his new skill set, as well as to the inner turmoil of re-aligning his moral compass.

In that moment, Marge seems to have real pity for Grimsrud, as she would for anyone with no moral compass, anyone who has found neither love nor joy in life — which, after all, is really just a question of outlook.

Reece, as the requisite partner, serves as a moral compass — not for Wax, mind you, whose own standards are set in stone, but for us.

We know that matters of the heart are painful no matter how many vintage convertibles you own, but it's still pretty hard to feel bad for either of these dudes (as Jenny Slate's character puts it: «How am I supposed to care about a group of overprivileged affluent types who go gallivanting around without any sort of a moral compass?»).

Patrick Stewart provides the moral compass for the film and gives a brilliant performance as the elderly Professor X.

Maddy's importance to the story is fundamental, as she becomes somewhat of a moral compass for the audience.

The eccentrics extolled in the opening scene include Michael Burry (Christian Bale), a Northern California — based MD and money manager who invents the credit default swap in the mid-Aughts, when the film's central action kicks off; Mark Baum (Steve Carell, also hideously coiffed), an obnoxious hedge fund manager whose backstory involving a dead - by - suicide brother somehow positions him as the film's most steadfast moral compass; and Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt), a onetime trader for Chase turned secular eschatologist who advises two young, aspiring operators, Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro), how to bet against Wall Street.

As part of the shared curriculum developed for the camp we chose to focus around 20 per cent of their time exploring their own «moral compass».

Guy's quotes below show the folly's he has had due to coming from such a strong academic background, as well as how important it is to maintain your moral compass and creating the best environment for yourself.

In this video, Janet McCarthy, group general counsel and company secretary of global relocation services provider Sante Fe, argues that lawyers have a important role to play as an ethical and moral compass, both for companies and wider society.