Sentences with phrase «as ethical principle»

Hence Jesus» requirement of love can not be more nearly defined in content, or be regarded as an ethical principle from which particular concrete requirements can be derived, as would be possible with the humanistic command of love, which depends on a well - defined ideal of humanity.

The first is hardly to be viewed as an ethical principle at all.

It sounds innocent enough, but as ethical principle it is too minimal to be of much use.

As long as ethical principles and biomedical advances are in tension, it is hard to see how the deep internal contradictions in public attitudes could resolve themselves, and therefore how today's biotechnology debates could come to any stable end.

Not exact matches

Thus every policy an organization puts in place ought to be thought of as grounded in one or more ethical principles or values.

Similarly, an organization is going to want to draw upon the relevant ethical principles, as well as its own basic ethical structure, consisting of things like its Code of Ethics and its Mission, Vision, and Values statements.

Ethical behaviour starts with management and an organization built on sound ethical principles serves as a benchmark by which all stakeholder groups will be meEthical behaviour starts with management and an organization built on sound ethical principles serves as a benchmark by which all stakeholder groups will be meethical principles serves as a benchmark by which all stakeholder groups will be measured.

His title Either / Or is telling, for (as MacIntyre observes) the book's doctrine «is plainly to the effect that the principles which depict the ethical way of life are to be adopted for no reason.»

Americans, as Bellah saw it, sense that their nation arose out of transcendent ethical principles.

I now wish to argue that conformity with the divine telos may, for purposes of ethical deliberation, be translated into what I call the maximal happiness principle: so act as to maximize happiness — and, by implication, in the long run.

With respect to the teleology of the universe, humans are in principle equals, and the proper principle for ethical deliberation is maximal happiness as such.10

I now wish to argue that ethical deliberation may translate this principle into what I call the maximal public principle: so act as to maximize the public world — and, by implication, in the long run.

As Roof points out, their religion affirms: (a) the centrality of ethical principles in their meaning systems; (b) a parsimony of beliefs, few attributions of numinosity; (c) breadth of perspective; (d) piety defined as a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubAs Roof points out, their religion affirms: (a) the centrality of ethical principles in their meaning systems; (b) a parsimony of beliefs, few attributions of numinosity; (c) breadth of perspective; (d) piety defined as a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubas a personal search for meaning; and (e) license to doubt.

And being good meant trying to live in accord with the ethical teaching of scripture, whether that was understood as a narrow and highly specific code of righteousness, or more generally as following important principles such as the golden rule, loving your neighbor as yourself, and so forth.

Accordingly, the remainder of this essay will proceed as follows: I will first seek to show that the meta - ethical character of every claim to moral validity includes a principle of social action by which a universal community of rights is constituted, so that no moral theory can be valid if it is inconsistent with these rights.

Hence our engagement both intellectually as well as in action ought to be political which clearly underlines action based on normative ethical principles.

«The general ethical principle,» they say, «is that we should respect every entity for its intrinsic value as well as for its instrumental value to others, including ourselves» (LL 152).

As a derivation from the meta - ethical character of every claim to moral validity, the specific practice of moral discourse both implies and is implied by — and, in that sense, belongs to — a principle that constitutes social action universally.

The fiscal integrity of the black church and community depend on biblical ethical principles such as working together, loving one another and caring for the poor.

He added: «I was able to pay homage to this great country, which from the beginning has been based on a pleasing joining together of religious, ethical, and political principles, and continues to be a valid example of healthy secularism where the religious dimension, in its diverse expressions, is not only tolerated but valued as the «soul» of the nation and the fundamental guarantee of the rights and duties of the human being.»

It begins where women in theology attempt to deconstruct basic ethical principles such as «the common good» and «the question of moral power and authority,» but from there it moves to the creative impulses we see around us, as women in faith and faithfulness reconstruct the future image and face of the Church as a «community of Christ, bought with a price, where everyone is welcome, «14 as Letty Russell describes it.

'' [T] he poverty of postmodern ethical relativism should be evident - a missing ethical subject and hence no possibility of genuine moral responsibility or accountability, desire as the basis for ethics, ethics as pure self - creation with the vaguest of boundaries, ethics without principle, or ethical conduct measured by how well one «copes with the flux» of the postmodern world.»

The ethical framework for biological science must be based on the same principles of truth and meaning by which we as Christians judge all things, material and spiritual.

«47 Embracing all of life it sets free as well as binds, but it is not a summary of all ethical principles to be applied by the individual.

But the particular feature of the being of the agent with which Hartshorne is concerned is his or her ability to relate moderate metaphysical principles to moderate ethical ones, an activity which reaches fruition in a sort of doing, as we will see.

As an example, consider the declaration of the ethical principles supposedly common to all religions promulgated at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in the summer of 1993.

And it is of special interest for Christians that these principles of right and wrong at which one arrives include the Golden Rule (which is stated by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew, as well as in most other major world religions) and the middle ethical requirements of the Ten Commandments (thou shalt not kill, lie, steal, cheat, etc.).

Indeed, if the only practical ethical standard left is the principle of consent, then in a world pervaded by pornography, society's sexual ethics are likely to be as plastic as our neural pathways.

The ethical principles growing out of the biopolitical theology that is here being defended can be stated in a formal, abstract way as follows: Always act in such a way as to maximize maximizing enjoyments.

The ethical principles which hitherto we have regarded as an appendage, superimposed more or less by our own free will upon the laws of biology, are now showing themselves — not metaphorically but literally — to be a condition of survival for the human race.

As a man he recognizes aesthetic and ethical values; he is an artist and a philosopher as well as an instructor in technical principleAs a man he recognizes aesthetic and ethical values; he is an artist and a philosopher as well as an instructor in technical principleas well as an instructor in technical principleas an instructor in technical principles.

Solidarity serves as more than an ethical principle.

Despite its demonization as a right wing Christian rejection of modern science if not modernity as a whole, the language of Bush's order manages to acknowledge the serious and profound ethical dilemmas that surround stem cell research and to clearly articulate both the scientific and moral principles that ground its decisions.

The answer is that they were confronted in the first place with vast cultural trends such as technological advance, professionalization, and secularism that they could not easily control; and their problem was made the worse by pressures of cultural pluralism and Christian ethical principles that made it awkward if not impossible for them to take any decisive stand against the secularizing trends.

As to the former, orientation essentialism has made ethical philosophy in this realm all but impossible: It has displaced the old marital - procreative principles of chastity without offering any alternative that is not entirely arbitrary.

Cobb names God as the ethical, historical, and personal ultimate, that is, where this God is a particular actual entity A good case can be made that ethical principles, historical existence, and personhood can not exist apart from the specificity of some concrete and particular being.

Its content need not detain us except to observe that the codification of Hebrew law begins, not in a statement of general ethical principles such as the prohibitions of murder, adultery, theft, lying, and covetousness found in the Decalogue of Exod.

Many differences in situation and opinion separated Jesus and Paul but with regard to the central ethical principle of whole - hearted reliance on the power and persuasiveness of sacrificial love, Paul, as the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians shows, understood Jesus very well.

The first ethical principle is that we should treat subjects as ends in themselves and not merely as means to our own ends.

But Christians have also tried to guard against the identification of the Christian life with the ethical life as that can be defined by rational ethical principles.

In turn, when moral principles are incorporated into such laws as the UN charter and international war - crimes legislation, greater ethical clarity and specificity result.

In a newspaper interview, Sister Pat Talone, the hospital's ethicist, defended the committee's recommendation to withdraw treatment by saying that the group «examines medical reality as well as social, spiritual, and ethical principles before making a recommendation.»

His treatises include works on Marriage, on Confirmation, and on the Holy Communion, and his ethical and devotional writings take up the principles of spiritual guidance as a pastor might want to know them in dealing with others, as well as assisting priest or people in their own inner life.

An area of basic disagreement is the role of ethical principles, such as freedom and equality, which most realists, including Morgenthau, who is at times ambiguous on the point, deny.

Annually, all OTA Trade Members must sign the Association's Code of Ethics, a statement of the common values of this Association, to guide us in the decisions we make as businesses and individuals and to assist us with our responsibilities to the principles of organic agriculture and ethical business practices.

Composed as inter-connected ethical principles to inspire the organic movement — in its full diversity, they guide our development of positions, programs and standards.

In a recently published article in the Journal of Clinical Ethics, she argued that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists treats home birth as an ethical exception, not consistent with either the evidence or with ACOG's own principles as clearly stated in other contexts.

Ethical debates about the conduct of war have long questioned the legitimacy of «force protection» as an operating principle for those engaged in armed conflict.

We find it very bizarre that the Hon. Attorney - General, Ms Gloria Akufo, who assured the entire citizenry of her commitment to fairness and strict adherence to ethical principles at her vetting not too long ago, will claim that she exercised the said constitutional discretion on grounds merely that there was a lack of evidence to prosecute the case in question when indeed, the Siting Judge, Court Clerks, Court Bailiffs, Court Warrant Officers (CWOs), Journalists as well as notable public figures in whose presence the said court was physically attacked and the accused persons freed, are alive and available to be interviewed and evidence taken from same.

This project will develop ethical principles and guidelines, as well as draft best practices for the use of remote sensing and volunteered geographic information (VGI) in crisis situations.