Sentences with phrase «in face of injustice»

The revised Code of Ethics builds on this tradition by making explicit the ethical responsibility to take action in the face of injustice and when unethical practice occurs.

As we use technology and culture to create more health, more access and more dignity for more people, we keep reminding ourselves how inadequate it is in the face of the injustice and pain that remains.

As we head into next year, we'll «keep reminding ourselves how inadequate [technology] is in the face of the injustice and pain that remains.»

In the face of injustice from an insurance company, a major employer, or even the government, what else can «the little guy» do but rely on a lawyer for help.

«Whether or not we believe we can change the world, even in a small way, acting as if we can is the healthiest emotional stance to take in the face of injustice and destruction.»

Environmentalists must emulate Martin Luther King Jr., who «appealed to our sense of justice in the face of injustice and offered a vision of an alternative social order.»

Similar to Holocaust memorials in Germany or the Apartheid museum in South Africa,» The Legacy of Lynching memorializes victims and their families, while challenging complacency in the face of injustice.

While Kristof uses the tools of journalism, Facing History uses the tools of history and the humanities to help students, educators, and community members understand the conditions that encourage us to act (or to stand by) in the face of injustice, hatred, and mass violence.

«Usptanders speak up in the face of injustice, ask questions, empathize, combat bigotry, and nurture democracy.

This community artwork honors upstanders in the Memphis community - those who chose to take positive action in the face of injustice.

Known as «upstanders,» these citizens have taken positive action in the face of injustice and will be honored through the Memphis Upstanders Mural.

Students then explore a historical case study, such as the Holocaust, and analyze how those patterns of human behavior may have influenced the choices individuals made in the past — to participate, stand by, or stand up — in the face of injustice and, eventually, mass murder.

They do not make speeches about freedom or liberty in the face of injustice — in this case Prohibition.

To one's own race, culture, and personal history in the face of injustice?

He also alleged that some high ranking officers within the party had teamed up and were all out for him simply because he had refused to keep quiet in the face of injustice against his people.

Bye and thank Poldi.not the best but a true gunner at heart to be so patient in face of injustice.

In the face of injustice, we practice justice and mercy.

Unable to live a lie any longer, and responding to the forgiveness and grace that he has received, Valjean demonstrates integrity in the face of injustice.

If I am going to be a man of God who stands in the face of injustice, then I must also stand in the face of injustice over how some of our sisters are being treated by some of our favorite athletes.

There is always needs to be those who say «enough» in the face of injustices and abuse.

Not exact matches

The critical mass of workers the new union would represent in each province could provide a new political force in the face of rising inequality and injustice.

Populorum Progressio, the pope notes, «repeatedly underlines the urgent need for reform, and in the face of great problems of injustice in the development of peoples, it calls for courageous action to be taken without delay.»

May it continue to guide the actions of America's citizens and government both at home and abroad in the face of evil and injustice.

«Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice.

The next problem which must be squarely faced is the apparent flagrant injustice in the distribution of suffering.

In revealing to us the social structures, categories and expectations by which we exclude those most in need of acceptance, it unmasks our pretensions, our unjustified feelings of contentment and self - satisfied smugness in the face of a world characterized by injustice, hunger and depression of the human spiriIn revealing to us the social structures, categories and expectations by which we exclude those most in need of acceptance, it unmasks our pretensions, our unjustified feelings of contentment and self - satisfied smugness in the face of a world characterized by injustice, hunger and depression of the human spiriin need of acceptance, it unmasks our pretensions, our unjustified feelings of contentment and self - satisfied smugness in the face of a world characterized by injustice, hunger and depression of the human spiriin the face of a world characterized by injustice, hunger and depression of the human spirit.

In the face of arguments that say we should move away from talk of privilege, I simply ask this: If exposure to the developing world and poverty can create a greater sense of moral perspective and responsibility, can't a deeper interaction with the historic and contemporary forms of racial injustice in our country also lead to a deepened moral perspective and greater sense of stewardship and responsibilitIn the face of arguments that say we should move away from talk of privilege, I simply ask this: If exposure to the developing world and poverty can create a greater sense of moral perspective and responsibility, can't a deeper interaction with the historic and contemporary forms of racial injustice in our country also lead to a deepened moral perspective and greater sense of stewardship and responsibilitin our country also lead to a deepened moral perspective and greater sense of stewardship and responsibility?

In the question - answer session that followed the lecture, Pannenberg called on Christian theologians to follow the lead of the early church fathers and offer a more creative approach to the task of doing theology in the face of the world's injustices than that found in Marxist - oriented liberation theologieIn the question - answer session that followed the lecture, Pannenberg called on Christian theologians to follow the lead of the early church fathers and offer a more creative approach to the task of doing theology in the face of the world's injustices than that found in Marxist - oriented liberation theologiein the face of the world's injustices than that found in Marxist - oriented liberation theologiein Marxist - oriented liberation theologies.

and the idea that we should be silent in the face of prejudice or any type of discrimination is a really good way to allow injustices to continue.

This struggle brings about personal suffering, in the giving up of luxuries for oneself for the common good and in facing the determined opposition of the organized forces of social injustice, often consciously or unconsciously backed by the religious establishments.

In the face of historic injustices, can we forever repress a theological reading of what our social instincts tell us — that we should stand in solidarity with the oppressed and be suspicious of the totalitarian potential of poweIn the face of historic injustices, can we forever repress a theological reading of what our social instincts tell us — that we should stand in solidarity with the oppressed and be suspicious of the totalitarian potential of powein solidarity with the oppressed and be suspicious of the totalitarian potential of power?

«Why is it that our popular established religions are so shaken in the face of the visible problems of our civilization: drugs, war, crime, social injustice, the breakdown of the family, the sexual revolution?

There are only a few things that can be said in the face of all this (seemingly) divine injustice.

We are doing an injustice in the name of Jesus and will have to face the consequences for our prejudiced and unloving stance on this issue, like we are doing on many other issues.

Now, in my cushy American life, I likely won't have to face the possibility of physically dying to protect others from injustice, but being willing to lay down my opinions and arguments and desire to be right is certainly a form of dying to myself.

The proposal outlined in this paper, asking for religiously affiliated people to work together to face the issues of terrorism, violence and injustice, in not meant to diminish the important role that all other human agencies, state sponsored or voluntary organizations, groups and movements, have to play.

(See John Edgar McFadyen: The Problem of Pain; A Study in the Book of Job, pp. 248 - 249) In his realistic facing of life's frequent injustice to individuals and in his hope, however tentative and limited, that restoration from the underworld might bring vindication, Job blazed a trail which afterward became a heavily traveled roain the Book of Job, pp. 248 - 249) In his realistic facing of life's frequent injustice to individuals and in his hope, however tentative and limited, that restoration from the underworld might bring vindication, Job blazed a trail which afterward became a heavily traveled roaIn his realistic facing of life's frequent injustice to individuals and in his hope, however tentative and limited, that restoration from the underworld might bring vindication, Job blazed a trail which afterward became a heavily traveled roain his hope, however tentative and limited, that restoration from the underworld might bring vindication, Job blazed a trail which afterward became a heavily traveled road.

Job, a virtuous man, suffering incredible afflictions and so facing in acute form the problem of life's injustice, blazed tentative trails toward a solution.

Yet some men, through journals such as Christianity and Crisis, edited by Reinhold Niebuhr, condemned pacifism as a denial of moral responsibility in the face of gross Nazi injustice and tyranny.

I feel remarkably blessed to be faced with little more than petty arguments and silly resentments in my life... especially in a world of so much injustice.

In the face of all this injustice, Catholic theologians remain remarkably silent; they exhibit no signs of anger.

We can either face these situations with the attitude that no redemption is possible, or we can situate ourselves in solidarity with the poor and with the forgotten sufferings of the past, keeping their memory alive, and set our faces toward a future in which they and we will experience a redemption from suffering and injustice that goes far beyond our own imaginings.

I've got to deal with the problems I see all people facing; basically the problems of injustice in the black community.

As she set out her vision of a shared society, she spoke of the «burning injustices» many people in the UK face.

Whereas the old masters could lay some claim to nobility of purpose, at that crucial juncture of Nigerian press history, it would appear a cynic's haven for the present players: the advertiser that slams his message in your face because he has the cash to splash, the newspaper investor that projects nothing but brazen self - interest, just because again he has the cash to drive the business, and of course, the ethnic pressure group that, through the media, screams injustice!

He said: «Thank you for your work in the union, your work in supporting the Labour party, and your involvement in the policy - making we've got to put forward to change the face of injustice and inequality that has become the norm in Tory Britain.

Some MPs are concerned that his radical stance of facing down corporations and taking on Tory cuts will have little resonance in areas where Labour is facing a tough electoral challenge from Ukip; but asked if the party should tailor its message for different audiences, Corbyn said: «No: you've got to give fundamentally the same message, of the injustice of economic austerity, and the way in which local government is being punished».

And whereas in many other countries this scientific revolution could become a profound social injustice as those with a with a predisposition to specific conditions face exorbitant private insurance costs or even exclusion from cover altogether, in Britain healthcare will be provided to everyone free of charge, regardless of medical conditions.

in d face of injustice and rigging in making u are still praising jega.

In 2013, Pinto participated in the documentary GIRL RISING, which tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face various heartbreaking injusticeIn 2013, Pinto participated in the documentary GIRL RISING, which tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face various heartbreaking injusticein the documentary GIRL RISING, which tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face various heartbreaking injustices.