Sentences with phrase «moral conviction»

It is interesting that most of the objections one hears to the sickness conception of alcoholism have been given very convincing answers by persons of moral conviction in the past.

They were entirely dependent upon both and were bound together by shared moral convictions about the natural order.

-- I have my own moral convictions, but it did not derive from any particular religion.

To be free from delusion means free from moral conviction and responsibility?

«A lot of our deeply felt moral convictions may be quirks of our evolutionary history,» he says.

But today there is no such moral conviction and hence people generally lie whenever it suits them.

I am so glad there are still young men who have moral convictions about how to treat young ladies.

A candidate's religion is often a powerful indicator of his deepest moral convictions and hence his understanding of the common good.

Unanimity with the group as a whole had been at the beginning the sine qua non of Yahweh's favor; now such submergence of moral conviction in the majority's opinion seemed to the real devotees of Yahweh to be supine apostasy.

«If you find you are making a strong moral conviction in way of the moral frameworks, take a stand with courage just don't have malice towards those that disagree with you,» he said.

Obama added: «Here in America, many of us will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history — we can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will.

The researchers also rated past presidential candidates» charisma, by combing their speeches for charismatic tactics - storytelling, expressing moral conviction, setting high goals.

Youths do not heed voices that lack moral conviction.

Amenga - Etego, whose deeply rooted moral convictions have made him a dedicated advocate for Ghana's disenfranchised, especially women and the disabled, recognizes that the burden falls disproportionately on women and girls who shoulder the responsibility of providing water for their families.

The ANT - OAR proposal represent a scientifically and morally sound means of obtaining human pluripotent stem cells that does not compromise either the science or the deeply held moral convictions of those who oppose the destructive use of human embryos for research» which is a creative approach that can be embraced by both the anything - goes camp and the nothing - goes.

Our protest against «the naked public square» was then a distinctly minority position, whereas today there is a much more widespread recognition that church - state jurisprudence is a shambles, and that the democratic process requires the vigorous engagement of the religiously based moral convictions of the American people.

It's far less fun, dramatically speaking, to watch people with firm moral convictions bravely act on them than to see scoundrels, bigots, and greedheads get moved to their core and impulsively cast aside self - interest.

One of Neuhaus's central convictions, outlined most capaciously in The Naked Public Square, and continued throughout First Things, is that religiously informed moral conviction can not be marginalized from society at large.

Followers trust and respect leaders who display moral conviction (another character trait of the charismatic individual).

Revealing wrongdoing by the powerful requires absolute moral conviction with fearless disregard for consequences.

Madden's «basic complaint,» as he puts it, is that I believe that people's ultimate moral convictions and commitments can be based at least in part on reason.

In fact, looking around the world today, the most hopeful sign I see is the human rights movement, which operates from the unprovable and, on its face, improbable moral conviction that all humans are equal and that no human should be abused by any other for any reason whatsoever.

And it is foolish to drive them into the arms of the political left when their piety and moral convictions make them natural allies of social conservatives.

Heading for another repub candidate with powerful moral convictions.

Others suggested that we need a strongman (implying a strongman unencumbered by too many moral convictions) in order to fight the system and save Christians from a hostile culture.

For the philosophical anthropology that underwrites Aquinas's freedom for excellence, an anthropology that contains thick moral convictions about the inalienable dignity and value of every human life, also demands a commitment to the method of persuasion in politics.

This means «equipping the saints» to be twenty - first - century apologists who can (pace Pope Francis) offer compassionate aid to the walking wounded of postmodern society, explain the truths about the human person that the Church believes are essential to a truly human political community, and, if necessary, hold fast to Gospel - based Christian moral convictions even if that means professional or economic distress.

But, devoid of well - founded moral conviction and accurate scientific information, such a persuasive emotional response can be over-ruled by an even more persuasive one, as has been illustrated by the recent Hashmi case and others like it.

According to this logic, unshakable moral convictions are the preserve of the dogmatic and naive.

... In particular, it can help lawyers to develop the moral sensitivity, moral judgment and moral conviction necessary to make a better and more ennobling job of fulfilling their professional role and responsibilities.

«This provides an exemption, a limited one, for those with religious or moral convictions implicated by the contraceptive mandate,» an official for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a news briefing, according to Vox.

In a speech last year at Case Western Reserve University, Gorsuch said that message was that «legislators may appeal to their own moral convictions and to claims about social utility to reshape law.

Spielberg began to grapple with history in earnest with a true - life tale of a man who, after living with no particularly strong moral convictions, saved more than a thousand Jews from Nazi concentration camps.

The researchers also rated past presidential candidates» charisma, by combing their speeches for charismatic tactics — storytelling, expressing moral conviction, setting high goals.

DeChristopher will face a trial this month on felony counts of disrupting a government auction, and he could receive up to 10 years in prison and $ 750,000 in fines for actions that stemmed from his deep moral conviction about the urgency of our climate crisis.

Achieving that goal will require coercion; that is, forcing doctors (and other medical professionals, such as pharmacists) to participate — even when it violates their religious beliefs and deeply held moral convictions.

Conspiracy theories surrounded the Elser plot for years, and his political motives have been debated; as scripted here, he acted alone and purely from moral conviction, which Friedel conveys in a passionate, charismatic performance.

«By a community of moral discourse,» Gustafson writes, «I mean a gathering of people with the explicit intention to survey and critically assess their personal and social responsibilities in the light of moral convictions about which there is some consensus and to which there is some loyalty.

Suppose, finally, that they were to form a community of local churches and other entities within United Methodism that both expressed their moral convictions and worked assiduously for the practical adoption of their agenda.

Atheists and theists alike share this expectation, with atheists eager to show that their moral knowledge and action are uncompromised by disbelief in God's existence, and theists eager to establish the rational credentials of their moral convictions and protect themselves against charges of fideism.