Sentences with phrase «like moral claims»

Power is the necessary evil of civilization because things like tax codes and wealth distribution have no distinct claim to a self evident «rightness» like moral claims do «tho shall not kill».

Not exact matches

Claims like, «That's just how business is done over there,» and «No one really gets hurt,» or «We've always done it that way,» or «That's the only way we'll make our sales targets,» are often false and seldom provide cogent support for the moral conclusions they are intended to support.

On stupidity, are you going to claim that the God-less Greeks had God's morals written on them, but men like Hitler, Stalin, etc. did not?

On stupidity, claiming that there are no morals for atheists is like saying that Fred Phelps represents all Christians.

Those with any moral clarity at all have heard a better voice in this campaign: no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification, but the test of values and integrity, and a president who respects family and rights of faith is better than one who, like you, claims a religious label but then opposes family and faith.

The way of indirection goes through some tradition, that is, through a complex of beliefs, truth claims, practices of worship, stories, symbols, images, metaphors, moral principles, self - examination, meditation, critical reflection, and the like.

@neitdarwin — not sure is that an argument for or against, pretty sure Hitler had nothing to do with Christianity, but lip service to look like a «good moral character» plenty of people claim Christianity to look like a good person

We may seek moral shelter behind claims that it is not really a human being, that it is only a potential human being, that it does not look like a human being.

The Anglican leaders, like Buttiglione, claimed to be keeping their moral standards in place: They issued a «strong condemnation of the use of any methods of conception control from motives of selfishness, luxury, or mere convenience,» and said «complete abstinence» should be the first option.

The atheist by saying condecending crap like «atheists don't claim to have ultimate moral authority over other people from a magical man in the sky, while Christians do.»

That caveat has led some to claim that the free vote, which is usually reserved to sensitive moral issues like abortion, is not applicable to what is ultimately a matter of civil law.

«Grayson claims to be a progressive, but it seems like he has no moral compass.

It seemed that the liberal use of concepts like «ad hominems» can be a very effective censorship tool — and it also allows you to lay claim to the moral high ground.....

There is no justification for using words like «moral bankruptcy» or claiming certainty of future harm when there is no certainty.

I note that folks like David Springer and Steven Mosher are all too willing to claim that they have some huge moral superiority over me.

THe UK - based Scientific Alliance takes issue with claims of links between Atlantic hurricanes and so - called «man - made global warming» (aka climate change): «But no amount of moral blackmail will enable us to tune the climate to our liking when long term natural processes are underway, about which we understand very little and can not control.»

Like feudal lords of yore, legal publishers (authors or creators claim only their moral rights) stake their rights to past, present and future rents in kind and specie.