Sentences with phrase «moral compasses gone»

Such is the concept embraced with both verve and style by William Friedkin in KILLER JOE, a tale of moral compasses gone askew, dysfunctional family dynamics taken to their logical extreme, and human life reduced to a commodity on a... Read More»

Such is the concept embraced with both verve and style by William Friedkin in KILLER JOE, a tale of moral compasses gone askew, dysfunctional family dynamics taken to their logical extreme, and human life reduced to a commodity on a par with pork belly futures.

For instance, zapping the temporal lobe using deep - brain stimulation can improve spatial memory, and using a powerful magnet to alter activity in the right temporoparietal junction can make our moral compass go haywire, causing behaviors we think of as immoral to become permissible.

«An alternate history echoes our current world in Underground Airlines, a novel full of twists, intrigue, government cover - ups, and a protagonist whose moral compass goes spiraling in a world where no one is truly free.

Not exact matches

I didn't give her an ultimatum, I even said if she still wanted to drink I'd happily go out with her and be her DD and her moral compass, considering none of her drinking «friends» would be.

This type of thinking is ideal for parsing out our own social emotions and moral connotations; it allows us to review unresolved issues, gives us the space to examine our internal moral compass, identify where we have erred, and adjust our behavior going forward.

I don't see how anyone can go from not believing in God to doing so just because of needing a moral compass.

If Leah can't find an extra «moral compass» going to waste among the Catholic bishops - With GPS, who uses them anymore, anyway?

Their own lives have become an illusion behind which emptiness hides; the real goodness that would encourage amused self - reflection is long gone, and the moral compass required to return home no longer exists.

At a press event, Education Secretary Are Duncan said, «In terms of what's morally right there, the moral compass, whatever we can do to have fewer young women and young men having to go through these types of horrific incidents, we want to do that»...

there you go, a logical need for a good moral compass.

I'm not equating Speaker Silver to President Nixon, but I am pointing out that it's an age old political dodge to say a Politician, in spite of his lack of a moral compass, is just too valuable to let go, and after all he enjoys broad based political support.

Is that what we want in a mayor, someone who's looking for that little loophole to get around the law or do we want someone who has a moral compass, who's going to do what's right for the people of this city and put them first?»

Yes I do love «magic mushrooms», but I also like to think I have a moral compass that guides me in the right direction when exploring these investigations and going over all the information with a fine toothed comb.

If your moral compass is even remotely normal, you're going to have a very hard time making a living selling supplements.

Right now this relationship goes against your moral compass.

I'm a good follower as long as they are going the way of my inner - moral - compass; then we part paths.

She became the go - to muse for the great European auteurs; a fetching moral compass for knotty psychological drama.

KILLER JOE is a tale of twisted moral compasses, family dynamics either gone wrong or brought into hi - definition, and the painful collision of dreams and reality.

The scene has two functions: to show that these men, while human, have no moral compass, and to suggest that Heineman himself has the cojones to risk going where few gringos have gone before.

We know that matters of the heart are painful no matter how many vintage convertibles you own, but it's still pretty hard to feel bad for either of these dudes (as Jenny Slate's character puts it: «How am I supposed to care about a group of overprivileged affluent types who go gallivanting around without any sort of a moral compass?»).

It questioned my own moral compass and put my mind into a real dark place if my children went missing.

«What we're talking about is how do we help people reconnect with a moral compass and ability to figure out your life is as valuable as my life, and I'm going to treat you the way you want to be treated.»

Charlie Hood must determine if Oz is simply chasing demons deeper undercover than anyone has ever gone, or whether his friend has suffered a permanent break with his mission and his moral compass.

But instead of «Open Now» we get endearing and dark sentiments like «Me and my moral compass are going for a spin.»

Because if we are going to remain the world's moral compass — a role that we played throughout the 20th century, not always perfectly, but pretty darn well — we need to regain our footing on the world stage.

How can one expect the majority of grass roots Realtors (mostly made up of here - today, gone - tomorrow, minor league try - out artists who keep the bureaucratic money ball rolling) to exercise professional, competent judgement / behaviour on a consistent, long - term basis, when the powers that be (CREAcrats) can't find their own ethical / moral compass.