Sentences with phrase «in a civilised society»

David Bowles, the head of public affairs at the RSPCA, said: «Foxhunting is a barbaric and brutal practice that has no place in civilised society.

But we also know that tax is the price we pay for living in a civilised society.

He genuinely understands the value of art and culture in a civilised society.

He said the killing of unarmed innocent people, who were not in any state of war, was unjustifiable and should not be tolerated in any civilised society.

The devastation being wrought on criminal legal aid at present has, if nothing else, brought some welcome media attention to the place of legal aid in a civilised society.

Law ultimately governs all the interactions between human beings in a civilised society.

«Fundamental rights and freedoms and the rule of law are vital checks and balances in any civilised society — but meaningless without «access to justice» or the practical means of understanding and enforcing the law of the land,» said Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty.

It is time for a complete overhaul of our approach to the death penalty in civilised society — maybe that will be a surprising legacy of Saddam?

It has no place in a civilised society, says a leading neuroscientist

Hospice care for the dying should, in a civilised society, be provided as standard for all who need it.

The Kennel Club believes that electric shock collars have no place in a civilised society.

I think the government should realise that in a civilised society we need to properly fund and support those who go through the criminal law courts.