Sentences with phrase «like human dignity»

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There are some discreditable reasons: like Victorians offended by the suggestion that they were descended from apes, some humanists imagine that their dignity is threatened when human society is represented as the moral equivalent of a dish on a turntable.

Bottom line, people should not have to dress or behave in certain societally approved ways in order to be treated like human beings deserving of the same dignity as more privileged people.

Do you mean like the belief that workers are due a just wage, or that wealthy nations have an obligation to the poor, or that the sick and unborn have human dignity, or that the death penalty is inhumane, or that seexual propriety is healthy?

Theologies were written to suggest that non-white people did not bear the image of God like white people did and were therefore not worthy of basic human dignity.

«Whatever insults human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery... the selling of women and children; as well as disgraceful working conditions, where men are treated as mere tools for profit, rather than as free and responsible persons; all these things and others of their like are infamies indeed... they are a supreme dishonour to the Creator.»

Certainly, Sharia law sounds like a terrible system for anyone to live under, just like other oppressive government structures that soil human dignity and freedom.

We would like to see how the struggle for human dignity is undertaken without having to divide the search into racism, sexism and classism, least of all to be made to prioritize our struggle.

Instead, somewhat like Pope John Paul, Lincoln demanded that the principles of equality and liberty, the moral truths of human dignity which form the Constitution's foundations, become the «civil religion» of every citizen.

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.

Therefore, Monsignor is indeed mistaken that the SDGs do not present a problem for those committed to defending human dignity and opposing violations of it like abortion.

The Catholic Church teaches that IVF is immoral in principle, even for married couples, because it violates human dignity and degrades the marital act — though of course children created through IVF are to honored and cherished, just like any others.

Walker advocates a sexuality purged of every last human convention, but humans tend to find it hard to relate to a narrative so devoid of anything like shame, dignity, or even privacy.

«The seventh forbids acts or enterprises that for any reason — selfish or ideological, commercial, or totalitarian — lead to the enslavement of human beings, to their being bought, sold and exchanged like merchandise, in disregard for their personal dignity.

Lofty talk about human dignity should not stand in the way of children like her getting the treatment that is best both for them and their families.»

They, like Orsino, have been loyal companions, helped raise children, consoled their humans and made them laugh; they deserve dignity and loyalty and love as they live out their years.

They're not like your family, they are your family.They give you unconditional love, and they deserve dignity and respect when they pass away just as we do as humans.»

If «doggy» names like Fluffy and Biscuit don't appeal to you or afford your pet the dignity she deserves, why not consider using one of your favorite human names?

The threshold is set high to respect stare decisis, but not so high as to prevent the rule of law from operating in symbiosis with other values like constitutionalism, democracy, fairness and human dignity.

The law's procedures and rules exist to ensure we do not interfere with human autonomy and dignity except when doing so can be justified; remembering what human dignity looks like will help us know when we must follow those procedures and rules to the letter.