Sentences with phrase «moral authority on the issue»

He can speak with moral authority on the issue: In his state, a gunman killed 20 young children, as well as six adults, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.

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Personnaly; I think they have lost their moral / spiritual authority to dictate policy on any issue concerning women or children.

Its reliance on legislative and judicial procedures to decide a complex theological, moral, and ecclesial matter has only heightened even more the disagreement while minimizing the possibility of serious, sustained engagement on basic issues such as theological anthropology, justification and sanctification, the nature of sin, repentance and forgiveness, Scriptural authority, and the nature and purpose of ordained ministry.

When Millennials understand that Christianity is firmly established as «Truth» confirmed by «Science,» then Christianity is seen as having moral authority and the judgment of Christ on issues such as gay marriage will hold more power.

Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical on climate change, «Laudato si»,» sought to leverage the pontiff's moral authority and draw attention to climate change as a global issue that disproportionately harms the poor.

Yet it remains unclear to me why a field that has produced decades of mediocrity, or a reform movement that has moved the needle on student outcomes far too little, believes it has the status and moral authority to be taken seriously on these broader issues.

The product of decades of reflection on issues of authority, inequality, and injustice, this volume analyzes fluctuating moral beliefs and behavior in political and economic affairs at different points in history, from the early Middle Ages in England to the prospects for liberalism under twentieth - century Soviet socialism.

His government, and previous ones, didn't see the need then, and the need now owes less to the fact that the climate is changing, and much, much more to the fact that individuals in the Government want to use the climate change issue to generate moral authority for themselves, especially on the world stage.

James Hansen, the NASA scientist who is perhaps the most respected authority on global warming, says that climate change is the predominant moral issue of the 21st century, comparable to slavery faced by Lincoln and the response to Nazism faced by Churchill.

Most recently, on May 20, the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Lahore High Court Bar Association issued a joint statement: «Both bar associations are of the view that in light of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Panama Papers case (that questioned the moral authority of the premier to rule), PM Nawaz Sharif should no longer hold his office and should therefore resign.»

[66] Talk of «practical reconciliation» asserts moral authority to shut down debate about the importance of proceeding to address disadvantage on the basis of rights by presenting them as something that are merely desirable or aspirational, but not connected to the real issues at hand.