One can not torture morally,
because civilized men know that torture is an inherently base act.
Not exact matches
The tale is set in Ancient Rome
because it was a unique time in world history when almost the entire
civilized world was under the power of one
man.
Schools gladly endured the expense and disruption of providing field trips
because they saw these experiences as central to their educational mission: schools exist not only to provide economically useful skills in numeracy and literacy, but also to produce
civilized young
men and women who would appreciate the arts and culture.