Sentences with phrase «lack of moral principles»

On the other hand, being an atheist, she naturally espouses amoral behavior; a lack of moral principles — only those that are self - imposed and self - executed, and which are subject to change at a whim.

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Also along with this comes the lack of moral values that have been lost due to today's work crazy society, extreme interest on financial well being and the lack of moral and religious principles.

17 Sept To Representatives of British Society in Westminster Hall: Allow me also to express my esteem for [your] Parliament... your common law tradition [etc., etc.]... Yet... if the moral principles underpinning the democratic process are themselves determined by nothing more solid than social consensus, then the fragility of the process becomes all too evident... [e.g. the credit crunch lacked] solid ethical foundations... [whereas the British - inspired] abolition of the slave trade [did not].

«How can we ignore the fact that food has become an object of speculation or is connected to movements in a financial market that, lacking in clear rules and moral principles, seems anchored on the sole objective of profit,» he asked the audience.

23: 24) This is also the reason for the preponderance of prohibitions (there are 365 as compared with 278 positive commands), and for the infinitely detailed requirements, for the lack of broad moral principles, and for the total ignoring of important aspects of life.

In its first public statement on the matter, the Holy See expressed «grave ethical concerns» and said most critical is «the lack of ability for pre-programmed, automated technical systems to make moral judgments over life and death, to respect human rights, and to comply with the principle of humanity.»

While some may believe that substance abuse and addiction occurs to people with low moral principles or lack of willpower, it is actually the effect that the chemical makeup of these substances has on the individual's body and mind.