Sentences with phrase «many values of society»

The most unsettling part of this book is Le Rider's gentle hint throughout that when the Viennese modernists hurled themselves against the norms and values of their society, they were chafing against mere gossamer chains and bridles of cotton.

When it attained power and influence its ideal faded and, in large measure, it conformed to the values of the society in which it had power.

A more complete reason is that the restrictive divorce laws were part of the values of a society that disapproved of divorce and favored the preservation of marriage.

The church is no longer the institution that embodies the dominant values of society or functions in its vanguard.

But it is with regard to money and property that the apparent values of our society most obviously conflict with the values of Christianity.

Our choices are often influenced by the collective values of society.

The second thesis of my book was that homosexuals, rather than being somehow a menace to the values of society and the family, as Christians have tended to assume, have, as a part of God's creative plan, special gifts and qualities and a very positive contribution to make to the development of society (cf. also my article «Homosexuality, Lesbianism, and the Future: The Creative Role of the Gay Community in Building a More Humane Society,» in A Challenge to Love: Gay and Lesbian Catholics in the Church, edited by Robert Nugent [Crossroad, 1984]-RRB-.

This challenge presents itself in the form of three dangers: (1) the danger of a growing disparity between economic classes; (2) the danger of materialism, of the rewards of the economic system becoming the goals and values of society; and (3) the danger of a selfish pseudo-individualism that evades individual moral responsibility.

The value system of a person is the set of desires that govern his conduct, and the values of society are the will and preferences of the people as expressed in customs and through the activities of government.

Our parishes, our schools and our charitable institutions propose, sometimes in a modest but nonetheless real manner, a valid alternative to the values of our society.

In most things we reflect the values of our society.

The answer to an instant gratification culture isn't to simply discard technology but to subvert the very values of a society that calls you to produce and consume more, more, more and do it now, now, now.

As a consequence, the new concepts have no stable or single content: they are processes of constant change, enlarging themselves as often as the values of society change, as often as possibilities for new choices emerge.

In Scotland during the time of devolution we have seen a considerable effort to reshape the values of our society.

You can be a person who does not believe in God and still behave according to major ethical and moral values of the society you live in, but to follow a faith requires a belief in God.

You can raise your children as you see fit, so long as that does not prevent them from assimilating the core values of the society.

«Schools are supposed to set an example of many, many values of society and one of them ought to be eating well,» said Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at NYU and the author of «What to Eat».

Artistes should take responsibility to uphold the cultural values of the society and avoid doing anything morally offensive and unhelpful to the Ghanaian identity, he said.

This is because when a leader of a country refers to it as a «Christian Nation», that necessarily implies that inhabitants who do not subscribe to this doctrine are somehow lesser or «incomplete» citizens as they fail to adhere to the expected values of that society.

Woodbury explores briefly information integrity, arguing that reliable information enhances the values of a society.

On the other hand, celebrity needs to understand his / her responsibility in regard to the norms and values of the society.

In short, I can say that the reason why some Russian ladies join international dating sites with the view to find a long - term relationship is in values of the society.

At the time, they described the challenge this way: «Rapid technological innovations, new forms of ownership, and changing social expectations on the part of both producers and consumers make it difficult for any of us holding a job to live up to the values of the domain, the values of society, and our own system of values.»

He underlines every word, every sentence, every paragraph, or even every page that is indecent and that endangers public morality and the time - honored values of society.

So the value of society fluctuates just like the values that are in society.

A moving tribute to people working to change the values of our society.

Inspired by her personal experiences as the eldest of nine children and as a mother, these moments of chaos reflect her concern with the conflicting values of society directing parents to be both child - centred and self - obsessed at the same time.

Founded in Zurich during the First World War, Dada was the first of the modern anti-art movements, whose members were revolted by the butchery of the 1914 World War and devoted themselves to an artistic style that set out to deliberately challenge all the traditional values of a society that could have allowed such barbarity to occur.

Intelligent humor is part of his critique which hits at the core values of the society that he is looking at and creates a starting point for social debate.

Against the background of a continent destroyed by war, the members of COBRA rejected the conventional values of a society which had spawned Auschwitz, and promoted their vision of a new type of expressionism for the people.

Judicial mores following very slowly on the changing values of society (snail like speed) are changing for the better and the positive.

[1] The repute of our criminal justice system rests on the deeply held belief of Canadians that the right to liberty and the presumption of innocence are fundamental values of our society that require protection.

It is, however, for this court to affirm the fundamental values of our society and to respond to actions that undermine the integrity of the justice system.

Judges look to public opinion to identify the central values of society that need defending, scholars say, and should not simply substitute their own values.

They are specifically made to oppose an individual's will in so far as it would have consequences considered harmful for the values of society.

«Do we consider equality of opportunity to be a fundamental value of our society?

«This is a constitutional document about rights and freedoms that underpin the values of our society and it actually affects our everyday lives.

Being a market - linked plan, it comes handy with absolute returns and that are subject to the net asset value of the society at the time of maturity.

Resourceful and adept in maintaining the educational values of our society.

The singularity of the common law lies in the ability of the courts to mould the law to correspond with the contemporary values of society.

Not exact matches

Regardless of the label, the idea is centered around creating a shared value between the business and for society.

There has been academic research that speaks to the value of gossip in our society.

Self - made billionaire entrepreneurs have created millions of jobs, billions of dollars in private wealth and probably trillions of dollars of value for society,» the report says.

As a society, we don't agree on how to define the problem, we don't agree on who is responsible, and we don't agree on a set of values from which to seek answers.

Cornell professor and economist Robert Frank, who wrote a book in the 1990s titled The Winner - Take - All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us, made popular the belief that a big portion of the increase in the income gap has to do with the way a global market values its best performers, be they CEOs or athletes or actual performers.

From a value perspective, if the young adults with leukemia who respond to therapy end up with more years of life — an outcome that is quite likely — then Kymriah will be cost - effective for society as well.

Trump represents «a rejection of America's core values of inclusion, integration and hope» and «an effort to divide society at home... and societies abroad.»

Based on their annual pay, society seems to value Justin Bieber more than her highness, and both of them more than the CEO of Royal Bank.

If the majority of people fall further and further behind — while others in society become unbelievably rich — the notion that the most important value in a country is its citizens having the ability to select their leaders will lose sway.

You can read the organizer's diversity statement here, but I'll cut to their chase: «We acknowledge that society and scientific institutions often fail to include and value the contributions of scientists from underrepresented groups.