Sentences with phrase «for human conscience»

That this provision has now been challenged by a health board is deeply troubling and symptomatic of an aggressive pro-abortion regime; it is also a sign of a weakening in regard for human conscience as the safeguard of human dignity.

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.»

Many have pointed out (most recently, Carson Holloway) that the application of natural law to our situation requires the virtue of prudence, a mastery of the details of our circumstances (such as is possible for a human being), with the goals and the weights given to particular considerations by good moral character (or, if you will, a well - formed conscience).

The risk for our time is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations is not matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would give rise to truly human development.»

He refused to believe that the false ideas of the human person and human history embodied in communism could divide Europe indefinitely; and by igniting a revolution of conscience behind the iron curtain, the man the last president of the Soviet Union called «the world's greatest moral authority» became an agent of liberation for his Slavic brethren and the precursor of new possibilities in international affairs.

The supernatural element in human life, whether it comes to us through conscience as human beings or through the Spirit as believers, is not to be located externally in the world of nature and social institutions (as for Taylor and MacIntyre), nor internally (as for the Romantics), but in the interaction of the individual with his world.

The question for the conscience of a politician, then, is as previously posed; is the unborn child a human being and part of the human family?

The Declaration was adopted in response to the «disregard and contempt for human rights [that] have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.»

It might seem that Darwin's arguments for human sociability and the moral conscience could be marshaled to support a conservative moral position.

Recent history shows quite clearly that when the conflict becomes acute in a totalitarian society it is the Christian Church which alone can successfully stand up for human liberty and conscience.

The Church will not, for example, be able to baptize an African chieftain who wants to keep his harem; yet she may, in certain circumstances, judge that he has a subjectively good conscience (though he has heard the message of the gospel and is willing in principle to believe in it), because in his actual social and human circumstances he can not yet realize the moral demand of monogamy, as little as formerly king David and king Solomon.

It acknowledges that «disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts» that have outraged the public conscience.

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.

Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.

However, such a tangible measure, borne of respect for human dignity and concern for the public good, would help greatly in stimulating the American conscience on a matter that presently struggles to hold its attention.

Modernity's emphasis on secularism involves three elements - a) the desacralisation of nature which produced a nature devoid of spirits preparing the way for its scientific analysis and technological control and use; b) desacralisation of society and state by liberating them from the control of established authority and laws of religion which often gave spiritual sanction to social inequality and stifled freedom of reason and conscience of persons; it was necessary to affirm freedom and equality as fundamental rights of all persons and to enable common action in politics and society by adherents of all religions and none in a religiously pluralistic society; and c) an abandonment of an eternally fixed sacred order of human society enabling ordering of secular social affairs on the basis of rational discussion.

- God, the Absolute - humanity, the human condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet earth available, with its limited resources, for all humanity - the planet's ecology as common essential source of life and hence of concern for all humans, present and future, - the human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group of humans has a history and a religio - cultural background of its own is a universal factor that makes for particularity and different contexts for theology, - the realization that the present increasing globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality universally, though differently.

Freedom of conscience is one of the fundamental rights of humans enshrined in the Qur «an; it is therefore, absurd for anyone to suggest that Islam allows putting people to death just because they convert to another religion.

Editor's note: Archbishop Desmond Tutu is often described as South Africa's moral conscience and is a global champion for human rights.

Regardless of one's position on the theological issues here, it's plain to see that if the members of the Southern Baptist Convention intend to hold to their exclusivist position consistently and condemn as dangerous all who seek to harmonize scripture with the human conscience, then it's time for them to confront their own theological accommodations and declare the unconverted child as hopeless as the unconverted adult.

Open your eyes & see the beauty of a sunset, the colour & viariety seen in flora & fauna, the order in the universe, the intricacy of the human brain c / w hardwiring of a sense of fairness & empathy, the conscience & the love we are capable of demonstrating for others!

The United States is one of a dwindling number of nations unenthusiastic about the application of world law when applied to its own conduct, but for reasons supplied by the author, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is still a tool for people of conscience to use in the struggle for a world more respectful of human digHuman Rights is still a tool for people of conscience to use in the struggle for a world more respectful of human dighuman dignity.

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.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a tool for people of conscience to use in the struggle for a world more respectful of human digHuman Rights is a tool for people of conscience to use in the struggle for a world more respectful of human dighuman dignity.

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.

In his autobiography, Fosdick describes the focus of effective preaching: «Every sermon should have for its main business the head - on constructive meeting of some problem which was puzzling minds, burdening consciences, distracting lives, and no sermon which so met a real human difficulty, with light to throw on it and help to win a victory over it, could possibly be futile.»

Only a few examples of the attempt to link values with the arts and sciences have been published (see, for example, A Vision for India Tomorrow: Explorations in Social Ethics, edited by J. Daniel and R. Gopalan [Madras Christian College, 1984]-RRB- But already evident is a sense of social conscience linked to economic development; a theology of vocation that replaces the ascriptive caste definitions of occupation; a theistically based universalism conducive to science and human rights; and a modernizing, cosmopolitan outlook in a land where the sacredness of the cow signals both the power of tradition and a preference for the agrarian life.

Something constructive must be left in human reason and conscience if man is to have a basis for a collective life with a measure of justice and sanity.

As the older moral pattern declines in persuasiveness, the only remaining category for the analysis and evaluation of human motives is interest, which by now has replaced both virtue and conscience in our moral vocabulary.

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.

Church groups had campaigned for his release for years, and Amnesty International also petitioned for his release, saying that he was a «prisoner of conscience,» jailed for peacefully exercising basic human rights.

Along with campaigns from church groups, Amnesty International also petitioned for his release, saying that he was a «prisoner of conscience,» jailed for peacefully exercising basic human rights, like the right to assemble.

Basic concepts analyzed by St. Thomas — concepts of the human person, conscience, liberty, the source of political power in the people, and the twin principles of the consent of the governed and the «mixed regime» — provided rich soil for the free institutions that were to arise much later in history.

For human beings, having one's conscience seared is a result of continual, unrepentant sinning.

If, on the other hand, conscience is rediscovered as the place in which to listen to truth and good, the place of responsibility before God and before fellow human beings - in other words, the bulwark against all forms of tyranny - then there is hope for the future.

Editorial from The Salvation Army Newspaper The War Cry for 5th April 08 Headlines of a prime ministerial change of mind on allowing Labour MPs a conscience vote when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill goes before the Commons next month have focused on one issue - animal - human hybrid embHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Bill goes before the Commons next month have focused on one issue - animal - human hybrid embhuman hybrid embryos.

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....

Instead it calls for the Syrian government to meet their people's legitimate demands, release all prisoners of conscience, lift restrictions on the media and internet and cooperate with the UN high commissioner for human rights.

Fading fast, too, are the chances of ascribing individual criminal responsibility to the patrons of such crimes, who are given a far too liberal reign to reshape the borders and histories of entire nations without the necessary scrutiny called for by a fragile human conscience and a full and impartial review mandated by law.

No human life form with a soul and conscience could possibly vote for a rapacious and predatory imposter like Christine Quinn.

The stats on human trafficking are shameless window - dressing, a righteous premise for ass - whoopings more than a sincere appeal to the slumbering consciences of the action faithful.

The statement extends its call for freedom for «all prisoners of conscience» who have been jailed in Turkey — according to the IPA's article --» solely for exercising their fundamental human right of freedom of expression.»

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.

A few artists chose the path led not by the whims of the market but the truth of their own conscience with a deep concern for the human condition.

In the trinity of influence they all told me it was Lewis Hine for his social conscience, Paul Strand for his human dignity, and Walker Evans for his picture making.

Some people, for some reason, fail to make whatever synaptic handshakes are prerequisite to the development of anything we'd recognise as an adult human conscience.

Case law of the European Court of Human Rights supposedly would endorse this view, because there is no support for the proposition that the «core area» of freedom of religion must be limited to private conscience and the freedom to manifest one's religion in private or within the circle of those who share the faith, thus excluding the public manifestation of religion.

Instead he brought claims for unfair dismissal, breach of Articles 8 (right to respect for family and private life) and 9 (right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

So, even if not protected by the conscience clause in section 4, the petitioners may still claim that, either under the Human Rights Act or under the Equality Act, their employers should have made reasonable adjustments to the requirements of the job in order to cater for their religious beliefs.

First, Policy Statement # 2 - 15, entitled «Professional Obligations and Human Rights» (the «Human Rights Policy», effective March 20, 2015) said that, «Where physicians are unwilling to provide certain elements of care for reasons of conscience or religion, an effective referral to another health - care provider must be provided to the patient.»