Sentences with phrase «moral courage when»

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In my own experience, students asked to make a list of moral virtues never list «courage,» to give one example, and are extremely puzzled and surprised when asked why courage might be a moral virtue.

This is a Prime Minister who got ready for an election when he thought he could win it, then was too frightened to hold it, then has dragged out this miserable parliament to its fullest, bitter end, dithering and vacillating over every decision; a Prime Minister no one ever elected kept in office by Lord Mandelson who no one voted for at all, and who should have had the moral courage and political decisiveness to hold an election long ago.»

When Ella's mother (Hayley Atwell) dies of an unnamed illness, leaving her with a trite final lesson — «Have courage and be kind» — that the film adopts as its central moral, Ella is doted on even more by her father (Ben Chaplin), even once he eventually remarries.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

When I was 10 years old I recall reading about James Meredith and wondering how any human being could have that kind of moral courage.

According to the report, many British children struggle to identify good moral judgements when faced with scenarios needing honesty, courage and self - discipline.

In a time when many averted their eyes and showed moral indifference, others, in the face of extreme consequences, displayed extraordinary courage.

Years from now, our grandchildren will reflect on humanity's moral courage to solve the climate crisis and they will look to December 12, 2015, as the day when the community of nations finally made the decision to act.

But it also exemplifies the moral courage and intellectual integrity to trust the data, even when the implications were troubling.