In outlining the judicial decisions leading to same - sex marriage, Reilly demonstrates how the invocation of privacy law to protect gay sex quickly obscured
the moral dignity of persons, especially children.
Not exact matches
Political Life and Human
Dignity Mary Ann Glendon («The Bearable Lightness of Dignity,» May) is right on target in noting that within the Christian tradition, dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.
Dignity Mary Ann Glendon («The Bearable Lightness
of Dignity,» May) is right on target in noting that within the Christian tradition, dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.
Dignity,» May) is right on target in noting that within the Christian tradition,
dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.
dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute
of the
person, while, in its
moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.»
Unfortunately, little attention is given to understanding how human
dignity of the clinician is threatened and violated in the current health care environment... [which] has led to the systemic violation
of the
dignity of the clinician (and ultimately that
of persons who are sick), created
moral distress among clinicians, and the collapse
of the healing relationship.
Martyrs testify to intoxicating love and «the inviolability
of the
moral order,» which includes the personal
dignity of the human
person.
• the capacity to reach objective and universal truth as well as valid metaphysical knowledge; • the unity
of body and soul in man; • the
dignity of the human
person; • relations between nature and freedom; • the importance
of natural law and
of the «sources
of morality,»... • and the necessary conformity
of civil law to
moral law.
When considering the grandeur and
dignity afforded to the whole human
person (body, mind and spirit) in the sight
of God and Jesus» teachings on non-violence, a «
moral thorn» exists as to the defensibility
of boxing and MMA.
According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they [the laity] possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good
of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest
of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity
of faith and
morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the
dignity of persons.
The improvement
of moral character individually and collectively requires each
person to be treated with and to treat others with
dignity and to have enough to be able to become functioning members
of the communion
of the faithful.
In the encyclical Evangelium Vitae, the Pope expressed this relationship within the framework
of the common good: «It is urgently necessary, for the future
of society and the development
of a sound democracy, to rediscover those essential and innate human and
moral values which flow from the very truth
of the human being and express and safeguard the
dignity of the
person: values which no individual, no majority, and no State can ever create, modify, or destroy, but must only acknowledge, respect, and promote.»
This way
of understanding the human
person, which stems from the unique
dignity of the
person created in the image and likeness
of God (Gen 1:26 - 27) and called to eternal redemption in Christ, is rooted in revelation, but it can be appreciated or grasped as true even by those who do not share our faith, on the basis
of natural
moral law.6
What makes
moral feelings peculiar is the logical point behind Kant's thrust — we owe
dignity and respect to other
persons as
persons regardless
of our other feelings about them, and in a
moral crisis we may feel urgently the not always so gentle persuasion
of God in the form
of conscience.
Concretely how do Christians structure the priestly and sacramental life and evangelistic mission
of their separate religious congregation, within the framework
of their participation in the whole nation's search for a common basis for promoting the politics
of democracy and
of development with justice for the poor and liberation
of the oppressed and for building a common
moral social culture to undergird the sense
of the larger community based on
dignity for all
persons and
peoples?
... Since man enjoys the capacity for a free personal choice in truth... the right to religious freedom should be viewed as innate to the fundamental
dignity of every human
person... all
people are «impelled by nature and also bound by our
moral obligation to seek the truth, especially religious truth» (Second Vatican Council, Dignitatis Humanae, 2)... let me express my sincere hope that your expertise in the fields
of law, political science, sociology and economics will converge in these days to bring about fresh insights on this important question andthus bear much fruit now and into the future.
Therefore, trading away
dignity in the face
of excruciating hunger during electioneering process requires little or no considerations for
morals and values that defined us as a
people.
There is a comprehensive programme
of relationships and
moral education in all Catholic schools that promotes the unique
dignity of each
person, made in the image and likeness
of God.
The agreement must be legally binding and have a
moral, political and social responsibility to ensure that the rights and
dignity of indigenous
peoples is promoted and protected.»
«The
dignity and stability
of government in all its branches, the
morals of the
people, and every blessing
of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration
of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.