In recent years, researchers have addressed such thorny questions as: why would altruism evolve, how
did human conscience emerge, why does it feel good to be nice, and what causes us to give in to prejudice and hatred?
Not exact matches
«Such social doctrine provides directions but, with few exceptions (for instance, the defense of innocent
human life),
does not provide directives of immediate applicability to policy questions on which people of good faith, guided by reason and
conscience, can come to different conclusions.»
Such goodness, wherever we find it, comes from the prompting of God through the
human conscience which naturally seeks Him, even if we
do not recognise it at the time.
Each
human being can choose to believe or not to believe — but for all of my friends who are indeed atheists — when I ask them the question
do you ever listen to an inner speaking that you take to be your
conscience / voice / guide (whichever term you prefer) speak to you — they all say resoundingly YES.
He encouraged the pilgrims to «learn from her how to live with the clear
conscience of those who
do not bend to
human compromises,» to be inspired by «her example of strength in the moments of greatest pain,» and to «imitate the solidity of faith of those who trust in God.»
No, there will be no excuse for any man, because God has put in every
human heart certain knowledge of Himself, so that by that knowledge man would be lead to seek to know Him more, but those who by love of their own sins, their self will, and pride and rebellion that's in their hearts have extinguished that knowledge written on their
consciences... So what ever comes to those who reject it, it is their own
doing... George Carlin knows that now very well.
lol, yes clay i am an atheist... i created the sun whorshipping thing to have argument against religion from a religious stand point... however, the sun makes more sense then something you can't see or feel — the sun also gives free energy... your god once
did that for the jews, my gives it to the
human race as well as everything else on the planet, fuk even the planet is nothing without the sun... but back to your point — yes it is very hypocritical of me, AND thats the point, every religious person i have ever met has and on a constant basis broken the tenets of there faith without regard for there souls — it seems to only be the person's
conscience that dictates what is right and wrong... the belief in a god figure is just because its tradition to and plus every else believes so its always to be part of the group instead of an outsider — that is sadly
human nature to be part of the group.
And then there were bishops like Karol Wojtyła of Kraków, who grasped that the dignity of the
human person was the battleground on which «the Church in the modern world» was contesting with various dangerous forces for the
human future; who thought that coercion of
consciences violated that
human dignity; and who believed that the act of faith must be free if it is to be true, because the God of the Bible wants to be adored by people who freely choose to
do so.
Since it is always morally wrong to destroy innocent
human life, persons who are ordered to
do so by doctors or state officials have a duty to object in
conscience and to refuse compliance.
And so, instead of a firm foundation for appeasing
human conscience once and for all, you chose everything that was unusual, enigmatic, and indefinite, you chose everything that was beyond men's strength, and thereby acted as if you
did not love them at all....
To what extent
do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent
do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.
Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or
do you compartmentalize your
conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a
human level.I can not in good
conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.
Learning from the receptions of the Grand Theft Auto, Metal of Honor and Call of Duty series in recent years, Matsuyama told Eurogamer that the game will, in fact, try to discourage players from mindlessly slicing up
humans, and that he expects gamers»
consciences to punish them if they
do so accidentally.
Marcus: Face the fate of the film «I, Robot» (2004) go to jail for violating the «Three Laws» or got
conscience of his action make peace with
humans as Sonny
did.