Sentences with phrase «gain over human life»

The focus on economic gain over human life is introduced in Aliens during the very first line of dialogue when the salvage crew worker expresses his disappointment over the fact that because Ripley is alive they can not claim her shuttle for themselves.

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They schooled me according to a black folk tradition that taught that trouble doesn't last always, that the weak can gain victory over the strong (given the right planning), that God is at the helm of human history and that the best standard of excellence is a spiritual relation to life obtained in one's prayerful relation to God.

The modern world has underestimated the wisdom about the inner life gained by human beings over the centuries and embodied in the religious traditions.

The Nestle boycott is about holding Nestle responsible for its business practices and demanding that as a corporation, it would value human life over financial gain.

Pointedly, Lucy gets a couple of eloquent monologues in which to ponder such weighty matters as the impermanence of all life, the preciousness of every moment, the human tendency to prioritize feeling over thinking, the depressing myopia of human experience in general, and the fact that life gains meaning only with the passage of time.

Humans will fail in this duty if we place short - term economic gain over the environmental conditions which will shape the lives of humanity in the future.