Sentences with phrase «as blameworthy»

It's not so mysterious, really, and not as blameworthy as it sounds.

The choice not to act, I realized after a college class on postmodern thought, is itself an act, and like most people I came to recognize the secular version of the sin of omission and to understand that, sometimes, failing to act is just as blameworthy as acting badly.

Molly's position of being just as blameworthy in her own way as Mort is in his is the position we're all in, according to God.

Not exact matches

«There must be at least a rough equivalence between what judges say is criminal and what the community regards as morally blameworthy,» it reasoned.

B) «to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless» (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condone)

Mort appears as a bad agent, and not just a bad agent, but a responsibly bad agent — a blameworthy one.

However, to live as though these things alone fulfil us is blameworthy in God's sight.

Focal theory - Females are seen as less blameworthy than males, females are viewed as being intrinsically less of a risk to society than males, and it may be perceived that females need to be shielded from harsh punishments.

Nor is Clegg more blameworthy than his fellow yellow Ministers for many of the bad ones (such as the «fair access» policy).

But frequently enough, being young is used as an alibi, as it makes the reckless, untactful and obscene behavior seem less blameworthy.

(I believe Steve is a public figure as is Mann) However, in a practical sense, I believe that Steyn's use of the term fraud is less blameworthy than Mann's usage of it to describe Steve because Mann's work is of such poor quality and he is so devious in his publications that his work sometimes comes close to fudging.

the presence of blameworthy conduct on the part of the payor such as incomplete or misleading financial disclosure;

Although the court is permitted to go back as far as the Judge decides is appropriate, the general rule in the case law is that the court should not go back more than three years unless the payor parent has engaged in «blameworthy conduct.»

[22] Mr. Rempel submits first that the trial judge erred by adopting into her retroactive spousal support analysis her finding that Mr. Rempel engaged in blameworthy conduct when «[h] e did not make voluntary adjustments or increases... as his income increased...» (at para. 19).

As to (i) and (ii), the normal approach would debar the company's claim but the complication arises that the old case law on this suggests an exception where the company is not itself blameworthy and is only liable because of the actions of the staff.

We are on the whole blameworthy of sitting around idly and then utilizing an absence of time as a reason to evade the assignments we know we ought to finish.