Sentences with phrase «moral decision forms»

In contrast to the liberal view the doctrine of the universal fact of sin as the context of moral decision forms the substance of Brunner's doctrine of vocation.

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«People may use religious agents as a moral compass, forming impressions and making decisions based on what they presume God as the ultimate moral authority would believe or want,» the team write.

Simply put, there is no neutral ground from which humans form moral and political judgments because such decisions embody an embrace of this authority or that authority.

Even for the Catholic the road from the general principles of Christian ethics to concrete decision has become considerably longer than formerly, even when he is determined unconditionally to respect all those principles, and for a good part of the way, in the last decisive stages of the formation of the concrete moral imperative, he is therefore inevitably left by the Church's teaching and pastoral authority more than formerly to his own conscience, to form the concrete decision independently on his own responsibility.

Way of life, profession, forms of recreation, possibilities of education are no longer in most cases inescapable facts determined by social and economic conditions, but have been transformed into questions and problems requiring moral decision.

Concern with an other - worldly mythology can form a tranquilizing escape from the moral decisions and duties which involvement in the historical world forces upon us.

The collaborative interplay of the Unholy Trinity of the entertainment industry, big business, and legal institutions has ensured that the most important decisions of our day, those which set the moral boundaries or our civilization, those Rieffian interdicts which frame our forms of life, are no longer significantly shaped by our democratic institutions.

Further, I suggest that the guilt might sometimes be felt by AE2 when it forms a contrast which includes the crime - committing decision of AE1 as well as the publicly observable consequences, if any, and finally, the goal of continuing to achieve a moral equilibrium in an ordered society.

Neuroscientific insights point to three key characteristics of human nature: emotionality (we are far more emotional than we think we are, and emotionality play a central role in decision - making), amorality (we are born amoral and our moral compass is developed in the course of our existence), and egoism (we are driven to survival, which is a basic form of egoism, i.e. preservation of the self).

These indicators allow to evaluate if the political and moral system is contributing to the inhabitants are mutual solidarity, economic and social justice is practiced, education contributes to form true citizens, civil society participation in decisions of government and corruption is eradicated in the country.

Another resource, Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO; http://www.facinghistory.org/), is an initiative to train American educators to engage students in conversations about the Holocaust and forms of «intergroup conflict» such as racism and prejudice in order to foster «perspective taking, critical thinking, and moral decision making and to help students develop into humane and responsible citizens» (Schultz, Barr, & Selman, 2001, p. 5).

With a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, it's a good time to think about how best to respond to the decision and what forms of civil disobedience will best highlight climate change as a moral issue.

moral obligation to assist the people in forming their decisions.