Sentences with phrase «moral ethos»

> I deliberately inserted the word «moral» as in the past america has generally been a force for good by combining strength with a strong moral ethos.

Jansen might be reviving the moral ethos of 1930s painting for our troubled times.

It's not that the villains don't have a moral ethos; they barely have believable character motivations.

It depends upon, and nourishes, a special (and demanding) moral ethos.

More significantly, they have won the hearts of many parents for their good grades and moral ethos.

Much of the religious switching going on, it appears, is prompted by the desire to find the moral ethos into which one fits, to take sides in the Kulturkampf of our time.

Underscoring this point, they note that religious switchers adhere even more closely to the dominant moral ethos of their new groups than do people raised in those groups.

Not exact matches

Whatever the moral failures or outright hypocrisy of the old establishment, however, Wall Street's current ethos is even more lamentable.

Dependency is primarily a moral problem, the result of an ethos that promotes personal irresponsibility.

Many also address problems tangential to ethics: social structures, political organization and control, economic systems, the ethos and the world view of the people, theological interpretations of moral issues and much more.

Within the order of the ethos of Torah — also conceived of as divine word — the prophet would give voice to the moral imperative.

Does the call to moral discernment accord with the ethos of Torah?

In relation to American religious culture, therefore, television has exercised a major status - conferral effect, not on the basis of a representativeness, nor on a calculated moral - evaluative basis, but solely on the basis of a correspondence of a minority religious ethos with television's own economic, functional, and mythical goals.

He uses this ethos as a platform to grow his wealth exponentially as opportunities continue to show up for him, never mind the moral implications of what he specifically does and allows to happen.

«Traditional» rituals, moral and social values, may «work» in parts of the country where a Protestant ethos is still a part of regional culture.

The moral standards of a «new» sexual ethos dominate urban centers and influence attitudes of church members in the northeast.

The preacher needs to be a keen moral detective of the congregational ethos.

Today's cultural elites promote a nonjudgmental ethos that often makes ordinary people embarrassed to express strong moral views.

«2 What he has in mind is not the ongoing and largely unconscious operation of the inherent ethos of a congregation but its conscious attention to moral issues raised for the purpose of making a Christian decision about them.

In the present section, several more specific ways are presented by which the effort to uncover the ethos of a congregation is pressed: (a) listening for narrative elements, (b) participant observation, (c) guided interviews for value patterns, and (d) corporate moral inquiry.

For instance some of the Tractarian discussion about making progress in religion involved the theological and not the moral virtues, but ethos theory is simply assumed to incorporate both.

The life of a Christian is described according to the moral standards and social roles associated with «the family pew» ethos; few members would object to the way a woman's role is described in «Keepers of the Springs.»

Religious schools tend to have a religious ethos, and their teachers do often have an enviable confidence in their moral values and invaluable moral support from parents.

Second, the episode not only continues Eleanor's moral transformation but it also highlights the «live together, die alone» ethos the series champions as Janet and Michael make a daring escape from the Bad Place in an effort to save their friends from that whole pesky «eternity of torture» thing.

A gangster with a moral code, Keitel's mobster spends the entire running time of this film, defending his ethos.

Finally, as with all written documentation, it must be reviewed regularly to ensure that it is still practical and fit for purpose, taking into account: the ethos of the school, its values and the boundaries of acceptable behaviour; the school's moral code; positive and constructive rules of conduct, and the rewards and punishments, which must be fairly and consistently applied.

They create an ethos of respect taking account of the spiritual, moral, social and physical health and wellbeing of students.

It plans to open to 180 pupils, initially offering reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes, with an ethos based on «spiritual and moral dispositions» such as «contemplation», «creativity» and «compassion».

Our ethos provides a strong moral, ethical and spiritual framework for the whole school community, and informs all policies and practices in the daily life of the school.