Sentences with phrase «moral zeitgeist»

THE «GOOD» BOOK AND THE CHANGING MORAL ZEITGEIST The Old Testament Is the New Testament any better?

Love thy neighbour The moral Zeitgeist What about Hitler and Stalin?

Perhaps Arthur's omission is due to the fact that Holmes and Black were on the «correct» side of the moral Zeitgeist in most cases.)

If morality does not come from god, then we'd be able to apply our moral intuition to the bible and parcel out which bits we find harmonious with the changing moral zeitgeist.

Not exact matches

Cobb's perspective strikes us as more naturalistic than substantively Christian, and it is not without its unacceptable moral costs; it not only relativizes all ethics to the Zeitgeist, it leads to a monism which produces great suffering and pain as can be seen in any number of poor lands around the world.

In this regard it is clear that moral education, even in its diversity and its oppositions, is more a story about the legitimation of American culture than it is about its transformation; as in every generation in America, the substance of moral education has reflected the central assumptions and ideals of the prevailing zeitgeist.

He admitted that it bothered him that this decision may have already elevated their status beyond what current legislation provides and he complained — most justifiably, in this writer's opinion — that the British Parliament seems «quite incapable of dealing with such potentially controversial moral matters as reform of the divorce system,» leaving the courts to keep up with the «ever - changing Zeitgeist.»