Sentences with phrase «excuse human responsibility»

I was not always happy with the revisions of old readings - they sometimes seem to excuse human responsibility - but in the end evil is called evil and good is called good while an overly simple generalizations are avoided.

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To avoid facing up to this reality we argue that these conditions are exceptional, temporary, the result of personal inadequacy, necessary for national security or simply a reflection of «human nature» — the prime excuse for escaping responsibility and avoiding action.

I think it would help to see two things: First, when the stakes are big, we ALL should live up to our responsibilities as humans: scientists don't have any real excuse to only go to «B» and not to «C», «D', or whatever it takes to bring about responsible action.