Sentences with phrase «moral judgments so»

«We make moral judgments so automatically that we don't really understand how they're formed,» he says.

Second, by passing moral judgment so ostentatiously, the blogger is putting himself above the man he is condemning, and I think you shouldn't pass judgment on (say) Kingsley Amis's curmudgeonly prejudices unless you can plausibly claim to have a tenth of his literary talent.

Not exact matches

Just as one can usually distinguish, according to their purposes, a good from a bad saddle or a good from a bad cavalry officer, so too the judgment of good and bad in the ethical sense should be eminently adjudicable if moral behavior is goal - determined.

First, it reflected a judgment about modern warfare as inherently grossly destructive, so much so that it could never be conducted morally or be an instrument of moral purpose.

obligation in relation to each public moral issue as it arises; a word of the retrieval of the culture's most creative ideals and institutions; a world of judgment on the culture's present and potential sins; a word of forgiveness whenever it is repentant; a word of promise and so of confidence (in God, if not in itself) for the future.

So, though I believe that the primary note in Jesus, understanding of the kingdom was the rule of God with a moral and spiritual message of the judgment, yet the loving kindness of God and of God's call to faithful obedience in all things, I do not believe that this prophetic note makes it necessary to reject wholly the apocalyptic.

Its vastness, its diversity, on the whole, its lack of discriminating judgment as to what may be called sacred — so that it includes both the highly moral and the base — make it a literature difficult for peoples of Hebrew - Christian backgrounds to appreciate fully.

Just as omniscience means that all existence is regarded as intelligible, so holiness means that all action is involved in some moral order and that every moral achievement, however worthy, stands under a higher judgment.

As Kierkegaard showed so dramatically, we are only too prone to assume that God's moral judgments must be the same as ours.

In so doing, it keeps the promise of its subtitle - demolishing the «abuse excuse» - while defeating the promise of its title - defending «moral judgment.»

It has startled us in so many ways, and while some of us are quick to make moral and other judgments, I suspect that above all it is something that frustrates and overwhelms because it seems to go on no matter what we say or do, and because of the overpowering and almost inexorable way it has already swept and will continue to sweep over various parts of our lives.

If the norm of the new humanity in Jesus Christ obliges us to question the Apostle's opinions about the proper status of women and the institution of human slavery, so also that norm obliges us to scrutinize each of his moral judgments regarding its Christian faithfulness for our time — including his perception of homosexuality.

So I like how she gently suggests one plant meal a day without judgment or morals attached.

So recently scientists wanted to see if impairment to the function of this area would have any effect on moral judgment.

Such has been the success of the so - called scientific method as a means of rationalising and manipulating the world around us that the idea of extracting value judgments or moral standards from science seems totally alien.

Cause and effect, in this case, are separated by a chain of machines and electrons, so they do not trigger a snap moral judgment.

For one thing, it showed how moral judgments can feel so real.

They have made the ultimate moral judgment that they wish to promote something beyond themselves so that others may eventually benefit.

So, the next time you catch yourself starting to slip into moral judgments and labels around food, leave the guilt behind and try to instead think about food as molecules or puzzle pieces.

The moral of this story: you can't always know what might be total coincidence, so attempt to avoid quick judgments and assume positive intent.

• Genuinely interesting idea left thoroughly unexplored: Galen Erso's decision to become a collaborator with the Empire so that he could build a weakness into the Death Star, and what it means to make a moral judgment to become an accomplice in the murder of millions in hopes of saving billions.

We suspected that the importance of loyalty and purity are the key reasons why people make those moral judgments, more so than if someone was harmed.