Sentences with phrase «as a moral issue»

Furthermore, referring to problem drinking as a moral issue seems to many to fly in the face of scientific thinking.

And he stressed the need for reforms as a moral issue.

There is agreement on birth control as a moral issue, but even here there is no agreement as to what the state should do about it.

But framing debt as a moral issue is a mistake.

Global warming is being seen by many groups as a moral issue.

And crucially, churches in the U.S. have just begun to take up this issue in big numbers, which they see as a moral issue of not just protecting God's Creation, but also not inflicting direct harm on helpless people around the world.A new coalition of environmentalists, aid groups, and churches have been pivotal in changing the momentum for the new «Climate Security Act» co-sponsored by Senator John Warner.

That is perhaps why Al Gore continues to frame the climate crisis as a moral issue, not an economic, scientific, or political one.

All along Amazon has cloaked the argument as a moral issue of consumer fairness — its practically a straw man for them to point and guide attention away from their own culpability.

Although some view immigration as a moral issue, or a political issue, Case said, he views it «in a much more strategic way, as an opportunity we need to seize.»

Many of the posts were from self - righteous so - and - so's who treat overeating as a moral issue and those who do it every bit as deserving of contempt as some people treat gays.

Treating it simply as a moral issue arouses guilt and efforts to change overt behavior.

And now when I talk to other pregnant mamas, I have to remember that everyone's story is going to be different and it does not need to be approached as a moral issue.

As Mr Brown considers his future Cabinet, Mr Hain called on potential ministers to promote liberty and view equality as a moral issue.

The Senate Leader also appeared annoyed with Speaker Silver's repeated characterization of the minimum wage hike as a moral issue.

Other supporters framed the push as a moral issue, citing the fact that the gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow.

Small evidence of a «Francis effect»: Non-Catholics who were aware of the encyclical gave the Pope more credibility on climate change as a moral issue affecting the poor than non-Catholics who weren't aware of it.

Director Francis Lawrence, who has been behind the camera since the second (and best) installment, «Catching Fire,» tones down the vibrant color palette of the Capitol and presents a visually muted film filled with as many gray tones as the moral issues it depicts.

Start with the lesson on abortion as a moral issue, followed by the legal attitudes to abortion in the UK and finish with the Humanist perspective of pro-choice argument for abortion.

The initial motivation for young white teachers entering urban schools appears to be the same as the people I interviewed, that is, they are concerned about racism as a moral issue and they want to make a difference.

Interestingly, at the time, abortion wasn't proscribed as a moral issue the same way it is today; it was criminalized primarily because it was a dangerous practice with very high mortality rates, before the advent of antiseptics and antibiotics.

«Slavery as a moral issue never interested Ethel.

Now, of course, many see the Pope's claim about morality unsurprising but fail to understand the profound significance for climate policy - making of understanding climate change fundamentally as a moral issue.

-LCB--LCB- alt: There are so many well - meaning conservatives around here who just assume global warming is only presented as a moral issue for political reasons. -RCB--RCB-

Right from the start, Apple has cast user privacy as a moral issue every bit as much as a technical one.

Similar to the old belief about alcoholism as a moral issue, recent research studies have shown «that it is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry, with manifestations along biological, psychological, social, and spiritual domains.»

Still, white Christians are less likely than Americans overall to see the refugee crisis as a moral issue.

With a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, it's a good time to think about how best to respond to the decision and what forms of civil disobedience will best highlight climate change as a moral issue.

We reject slavery as absolutely immoral — such rejection of slavery on moral ground clearly has its roots in the Bible, yet is far beyond the way slavery, as a moral issue or a social and economic institution, is discussed in the Bible.

«Many people see it as a moral issue, because it necessarily involves defining what «life» means; on this kind of topic, a lot of people look to their faith.»

The Senator speaking after a public forum, where backers of the minimum wage increase testified, says he views it as a moral issue.

«In many of the specifics of the way people view climate change — for instance, seeing it as a moral issue and understanding that climate change is going to hurt people in developing countries and the world's poor the most — we saw really large shifts.»